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Going digital with A history of Ireland in 100 words
Monday, 6 April 2020Enjoy our exhibition virtually while staying safe at home.
Favourite DIB lives: John Philip Holland, submarine inventor
Monday, 6 April 2020Selected by the DIB's Dr Niav Gallagher, John Philip Holland was the inventor of the submarine, a vessel initially rejected by the US navy as ‘a fantastic scheme of a civilian landsman’. Holland's biography is part of a...
Favourite DIB lives: Dr Noel Browne, politician and physician
Sunday, 5 April 2020Selected by friend of the DIB, historian Dr Niamh Puirséil, Dr Noel Browne is celebrated for his efforts to combat TB and to deliver free healthcare to mothers and children during his time as minister for health (1948–...
Election of Policy and International Relations Officer
Friday, 3 April 2020The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to announce the Election of Brian Norton, MRIA, as the new Policy and International Relations Officer.
Favourite DIB lives: John Atherton, woeful sinner
Friday, 3 April 2020Selected by RIA historian Dr John Gibney (Documents on Irish Foreign Policy), John Atherton was an infamous seventeenth-century cleric. Atherton's biography is part of a series of DIB entries selected for your reading...
IHTA Youghal now available online
Thursday, 2 April 2020Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 27 Youghal by David Kelly and Tadhg O'Keeffe, published by the Royal Irish Academy in 2015, is now available to browse for free as part of IHTA Online.
The DIB and the first Seanad election
Thursday, 2 April 2020The last RIA Library blog post by Siobhán Fitzpatrick, who retires this week, was on The First Seanad Éireann. To complement it we are publishing below the DIB entry on Jennie Wyse Power (1858–1941), nationalist and...
Favourite DIB lives: Mike Butt, restaurateur
Wednesday, 1 April 2020Selected by RIA historian Dr Michael Kennedy (Documents on Irish Foreign Policy), Mahmood 'Mike' Butt is best known as the man who introduced Ireland to curry. Butt's biography is the first in a new series of DIB...
European Open Science Cloud should consider balanced patent provisions to succeed
Wednesday, 1 April 2020A new statement from ALLEA in relation to the European Open Science Cloud.
#RIA100Words: in search of our favourite Irish words
Wednesday, 1 April 2020A message from our author Sharon Arbuthnot