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Research Data Alliance COVID-19 Working Group

Wednesday, 8 April 2020

As a funded partner of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the Digital Repository of Ireland would like to encourage participation in a new COVID-19 Working Group.

Digital Repository of Ireland

Explainer: European Structural and Investment Funds

Wednesday, 8 April 2020

The Royal Irish Academy is pleased to have collaborated with the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Learned Society of Wales to publish an explainer that outlines the role that European Structural...

Policy and International Relations, International Activities

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. VIII (1945–1948) now free to access online

Tuesday, 7 April 2020

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. VIII (1945–1948), originally published in 2012, is now available online in open-access format. Originally scheduled for release on our forthcoming new website, we are releasing it...

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Tim Robinson’s maps of Árainn, Burren and Connemara

Monday, 6 April 2020

The Academy is working on the republication of Tim Robinson’s maps in collaboration with NUI Galway

Publications

Favourite DIB lives: Virgilius Maro Grammaticus

Monday, 6 April 2020

Selected by Dr Anthony Harvey of the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources (DMLCS), Virgilius Maro Grammaticus was an enigmatic author and a gifted coiner of new Latin words. His biography is part of a series...

Dictionary of Irish Biography

Extended Deadline - Archaeology Research Grants and Radiocarbon dates

Monday, 6 April 2020

The deadline for these grant schemes has been extended until 14 April 2020 due to the current Covid-19 situation. 

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees, Standing Committee Archaeology, Grants and Awards

Going digital with A history of Ireland in 100 words

Monday, 6 April 2020

Enjoy our exhibition virtually while staying safe at home.

Publications, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge

Favourite DIB lives: John Philip Holland, submarine inventor

Monday, 6 April 2020

Selected 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...

Dictionary of Irish Biography

Favourite DIB lives: Dr Noel Browne, politician and physician

Sunday, 5 April 2020

Selected 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–...

Dictionary of Irish Biography

Election of Policy and International Relations Officer

Friday, 3 April 2020

The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to announce the Election of Brian Norton, MRIA, as the new Policy and International Relations Officer.

Membership, Policy and International Relations

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