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'A Rich and Gentle Mind' – Maud Joynt and the 1911 Census
Friday, 22 April 2016From the Reading Room – A look at one of the first female staff members of the Academy

Launch: Academy Advice Paper No. 10
Wednesday, 20 April 2016The RIA has launched its Advice Paper on the Sustainability of the Northern Ireland Higher Education Sector.

Another View: Gaelic manuscript culture in Edmund Spenser’s Ireland
Monday, 18 April 2016An online exhibition looking at the Gaelic literary culture of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century

Missing Persons in the Dictionary of Irish Biography – Sir Francis Vane
Wednesday, 13 April 2016A range of lives feature in the December 2015 ‘missing persons’ update to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online, comprising persons omitted from the 2009 first edition. This entry focuses on Sir Francis Vane –...

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Tony O'Malley
Tuesday, 12 April 2016This week's Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks features Tony O'Malley's Self Portrait, 1989.

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Eilis O’Connell
Friday, 8 April 2016The Great Wall of Kinsale, 1988.

Listen to the Ó Longáin family Lunchtime Lecture Series
Thursday, 7 April 2016Three lectures from the series ‘Scribing for Ireland: the Ó Longáin family and the Royal Irish Academy'

RTE Radio One Doc on One
Friday, 1 April 2016In April Kate was historical consultant for and appeared in an RTÉ Radio ‘Documentary on One’ programme ‘An Easter Re-Rising’.

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Pentecost by Stewart Parker
Friday, 1 April 2016This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is Stewart Parker’s Pentecost, first performed in 1987.

Indian Embassy Event Commemorating Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Friday, 1 April 2016Kate was a guest speaker of the Indian Embassy to Ireland at an event to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of the Indian politician, lawyer and activist Dr B. R. Ambedkar. https://www.ucd.ie/law/newsandevents/news/...