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'Republic to Republic': A new Google exhibition by DIFP and UCD Archives on Ireland's international sovereignty from 1919 to 1949
Thursday, 18 April 2019To mark the seventieth anniversary of Ireland becoming a republic, DIFP and UCD Archives have co-curated a new online exhibition on Irish sovereignty from 1919 to 1949.
Welcoming an Irish republic, 17-18 April 1949
Wednesday, 17 April 2019At midnight on 17 April 1949 Ireland officially became a republic, and it is often forgotten that enormous crowds came out to celebrate the occasion.
New DIFP exhibition in National Archives on Ireland's application to join the League of Nations, 1923
Wednesday, 27 March 2019Our April exhibition co-curated with the National Archives of Ireland looks at Ireland's admission to the post-WW1 League of Nations.
DIFP on RTÉ Radio One, Sunday 24 March
Friday, 22 March 2019DIFP XI featured on a special edition of on RTÉ Radio One's Bowman on Sunday 24 March. Buy the book for just €25 until 1 April 2019.
New DIFP exhibition in National Archives of Ireland: St Patrick's Day in Nigeria, 1962
Wednesday, 27 February 2019Our March exhibition co-curated with the NAI looks at St Patrick's Day, 1962, in what was then Ireland's only embassy in Africa
New exhibition on Joseph Walshe (1886-1956): the founding father of the Irish foreign service
Wednesday, 13 February 2019The second of the monthly exhibitions we are co-curating with the National Archives of Ireland deals with the lengthy career of the founding father of the Irish diplomatic service.
DIFP and the centenary of the first Dáil
Tuesday, 22 January 2019A round-up of a few things we have produced of relevance to the centenary of the first Dáil Éireann.
Michael MacWhite and the Sinn Féin delegation in Paris, 1919-21
Tuesday, 22 January 2019In 1919 the first Dáil sent a delegation to Paris to lobby the post-WW1 peace conference to recognize Irish independence, and in later life one of its members set down his recollections.
New exhibition series in the National Archives of Ireland on 100 years of the Irish Foreign Service, 1919-2019
Thursday, 10 January 2019In conjunction with our colleagues in the National Archives of Ireland we are curating a series of monthly exhibitions on the history of Irish foreign policy in the NAI throughout 2019.
Christmas in Berlin, 1939
Thursday, 20 December 2018Read an Irish diplomat's accounts of Christmas (and New Year) in the German capital months after the outbreak of the Second World War.