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Heritage Podcast: Is contemporary collecting a risky business? Current practice and future questions at the National Museum of Ireland
Monday, 22 October 2018Lynn Scarff discusses...A crucial element of the museum is the human connection it offers. For both visitors and researchers, the museum has potentially a very different interaction with our history.
Heritage Podcast: 14 Henrietta Street – the making of a museum
Monday, 22 October 2018Charles Duggan discusses...From splendid Georgian beginnings to squalid tenement dwellings, the 14 Henrietta street museum seeks to interpret and exhibit Dublin’s rich and chequered social history through the stories...
2019 Directed Research for World Heritage Sites
Friday, 19 October 2018The Royal Irish Academy is pleased to announce that once again it invites applications for ‘Directed Research for World Heritage Sites’
Bishop John O’Brien and his 250 year-old Irish Dictionary
Friday, 19 October 2018In this month’s Library blog post, Charles Dillon, Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge, examines how O’Brien’s Focalóir came about and its influence on Irish learning and lexicography.
Assistant Editor, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Permanent Post
Friday, 19 October 2018Applications are invited for the permanent position of Assistant Editor to the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series.
2019 Archaeology Research Excavation Grant - Now Open
Thursday, 18 October 2018The Royal Irish Academy is pleased to announce that once again it invites applications for ‘Archaeological Research Excavations’.
Hamilton Day 2018 Review
Thursday, 18 October 2018This year we were honoured to have Fields Medallist Martin Hairer with us to celebrate Hamilton Day, commemorating famed mathematician William Rowan Hamilton's 'Eureka moment'.
Coming very soon: Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Volume XI
Wednesday, 17 October 2018The latest instalment of Documents on Irish Foreign policy, covering 1957-1961, will be published in November.
Mark O'Malley MRIA elected to the US National Academy of Engineering
Tuesday, 16 October 2018A prestigious recognition as he is one of only sixteen foreign members elected to the US National Academy of Engineering this year.
Heritage Podcast: In time of inquisition: preserving and using the archives of the Irish Catholic Church
Tuesday, 16 October 2018John McCafferty, UCD discusses the importance of the archives of Catholic religious congregations and dioceses for writing the history of Ireland.