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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.
Missing Persons in the Dictionary of Irish Biography – Fr Albert Bibby
Wednesday, 23 March 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. Read the entry on Fr Bibby, a Capuchin friar...
Centenary Gift from Ireland to the World
Friday, 11 March 2016To mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, a gift for the people of the world - a free eBook of 1916 Portraits and Lives - has been produced.
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Bligeard Sráide by Michael Davitt
Thursday, 3 March 2016This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is Bligeard Sraide published in 1983 by Michael Davitt, which established Davitt as one of the most innovative poets in the Irish language.
1916 Portraits and Lives on display in the Ulster Museum, Belfast
Wednesday, 2 March 2016A complete set of prints from our recent publication 1916 Portraits and Lives is now on display in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.
Missing Persons in the Dictionary of Irish Biography – Vincent Hanley
Wednesday, 24 February 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. Read the entry on Vincent Hanley, by Dr Linde...
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Jim Larkin Statue on O'Connell Street
Friday, 29 January 2016Jim Larkin Statue, O’Connell Street Dublin by Oisín Kelly, 1978
Seventy-five ‘missing persons’ added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online.
Friday, 22 January 2016A range of lives feature in the December 2015 ‘missing persons’ update – comprising persons omitted from the 2009 first edition – added to the DIB online.
Dublin Rising 1916-2016
Wednesday, 13 January 2016Academy partners with Google to launch virtual tour.