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The sinking of the RMS Leinster, 10 October 1918

Monday, 8 October 2018

The sinking of RMS Leinster on 10 October 1918 is the worst maritime disaster recorded in the Irish Sea. It also had the potential to become an issue in attempts to bring the First World War to an end.

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Irish Historic Towns Atlas collaborate with the Heritage Council and Dublin Festival of History

Friday, 5 October 2018

The collaboration between the Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) and the Heritage Council was celebrated this week with the launch of the IHTA Layer on HeritageMaps.ie and the Digital Atlas of Fethard as well as...

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

Michel Déon Prize Shortlist Announced

Friday, 5 October 2018

The six shortlisted titles for the inaugural Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction has been announced today.

Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication Committee, Grants and Awards, Public Engagement

DIFP on the road, 6-13 October 2018

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

We'll be on the road throughout early October.

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Royal Irish Academy Represented on EASAC Energy Steering Panel

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

The Academy congratulates Professor Brian Norton MRIA on this recent nomination to the EASAC Energy Steering Panel.

Policy and International Relations

10 years on, was austerity worth it? Debating Austerity, the RIA’s volume on the crisis and recovery, is now free to download

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Free from the RIA to mark ten years since the bank guarantee: our definitive volume on the crisis and recovery

Publications, Humanities and Social Sciences Committees, Social Sciences Committee

The Royal Irish Academy host the ALLEA Permanent Working Group on Science and Ethics

Monday, 24 September 2018

ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, was founded in 1994 and currently brings together almost 60 Academies in more than 40 countries from the Council of Europe region.

Policy and International Relations, International Activities

The Royal Irish Academy host the EASAC Environment Steering Panel

Monday, 24 September 2018

The EASAC Environment Steering Panel recently met in Dublin.

Policy and International Relations, International Activities

Margaret Stokes: antiquarian scholar with an artist’s eye

Thursday, 20 September 2018

We continue our Blog post series on the five Honorary Members featured in our exhibition 'Prodigies of learning: Academy women in the nineteenth century'. This month we look at Margaret Stokes 

Library, Library Blog

Royal Irish Academy joins Digital Repository of Ireland under new membership model

Thursday, 20 September 2018

As one of DRI’s core consortium organisations, the RIA has been closely involved with DRI’s development since 2011 and collections from the Academy Library and Publications departments have been deposited in the...

Library, Publications, Digital Repository of Ireland

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