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Open Call for Membership of Editorial Board of Ériu
Monday, 17 February 2020The Royal Irish Academy is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals who are willing to serve on the Editorial Board of its journal Ériu.
Discourse: Philip Lane in conversation with Alan Barrett
Friday, 14 February 2020Listen to Philip Lane MRIA, European Central Bank in conversation with Alan Barrett MRIA, Director, ESRI.
John Francis Spratt and St Valentine
Thursday, 13 February 2020How did the shrine of St Valentine end up in the Carmelite Church in Dublin?
New DIB 'missing person': Joan Horan
Wednesday, 12 February 2020A member of the first team of paralympians to represent Ireland, Joan Horan competed in archery and swimming at the inaugural 1960 Paralympics in Rome. Read her DIB entry, by Turlough O'Riordan, below.
Documenting a conquest: The RIA copies of the ‘Books of Survey and Distribution’
Friday, 7 February 2020For this month’s Library blog post, Dr John Gibney, Assistant Editor with the Royal Irish Academy's Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series, looks at an important seventeenth-century document from our collections.
Reflections on the role of a Learned Academy
Wednesday, 5 February 2020Listen to Professor Michael Peter Kennedy reflect on the role of a Learned Academy in the Royal Irish Academy Presidential Discourse.
Archaeology Research Grants and Radiocarbon dates schemes open for applications
Wednesday, 5 February 2020The Archaeology Research Grants scheme 2020 and the 2020 Radiocarbon dates scheme open for applications until 24 March.
New DIFP series editors required: call for expressions of interest
Wednesday, 5 February 2020We are inviting expressions of interest from academics to volunteer as editors of the DIFP series from 2021 onwards
Celebrating Irish women: Kathleen Lynn
Wednesday, 5 February 2020Suffragist, nationalist and medical practitioner, Kathleen Lynn, is among the remarkable women featured in the RIA's exhibition 'A celebration of Irish women'
Celebrating Irish women: Constance Markievicz
Monday, 3 February 2020The Royal Irish Academy is hosting an exhibition in celebration of Irish women running from St Brigid’s Day (1 February) to International Women’s Day (8 March). One of the remarkable women featured is Constance ...