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Important notice in relation to Covid-19
Monday, 4 January 2021Academy House is closed for the moment. Our online bookshop is open but please expect significant delays in shipping orders. Most services will continue to be delivered remotely during this period. We thank you for your...

The art of prayer: A codicological analysis of two Academy manuscripts
Wednesday, 30 December 2020Latest Library Blog post. A look at two beautiful manuscripts at the end of a very strange year. We wish you all a safe and healthy New Year.

Christmas Opening Hours
Friday, 18 December 2020Wishing all our members and friends a very Happy Christmas and New Year.

Exploring our archives
Monday, 30 November 2020Latest Library Blog post. In November the Library participated in the Explore Your Archive social media campaign, here are some of the collections we highlighted. '

A colourful collaboration
Wednesday, 18 November 2020Library Blog post. The Royal Irish Academy Library recently collaborated with The Watercolour World, an online resource of watercolour paintings from before 1900.

Virtual Tour of Academy House
Wednesday, 9 September 2020Join us on a virtual tour of Academy House and learn about the long history of the Royal Irish Academy, our wonderful and important Library collections and the history of the building which the Academy has called home...

A short note on some sculptures
Monday, 31 August 2020For this month's Library blog post we take a little look at some of the Academy's sculptures

Library re-opening
Thursday, 13 August 2020We are very pleased to announce the re-opening of the Academy Library on a limited basis from Monday, August 10, 2020 from 10.30-13:00.

Evolution of the microchip
Monday, 27 July 2020Latest Library Blog post. This month we are very pleased to welcome guest writer, David Fegan, MRIA, who takes us through the history of the microchip.

The latest Academy manuscript to go online
Friday, 19 June 2020The Library holds one of the earliest known copies of Keating’s Foras feasa ar Éirinn. This 17th-century manuscript is now available to view in full via Irish Script On Screen.