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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.

DIFP in the news
Thursday, 15 November 2018The recent release of the latest in the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series received a good deal of attention in the national media; read our round-up of coverage here.

Launched: Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Volume XI
Thursday, 15 November 2018The latest instalment of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, covering 1957-1961, has just been published.

Commemorating the dead of the First World War overseas, 1924-1948
Thursday, 8 November 2018Over the years DIFP has published some documents relating to Irish commemorations of the dead of the First World War from the 1920s onwards.

DIFP and second-level history
Thursday, 11 October 2018Explore how DIFP can be used in the classrom through both our online archive and dedicated educational resources

The sinking of the RMS Leinster, 10 October 1918
Monday, 8 October 2018The 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.