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Brehon law manuscripts reunited for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture
Wednesday, 15 January 2020This month's Library Blog post looks at the sixteenth-century Irish law manuscript from the Academy collection currently on display in Galway City Museum.
Printers’ devices from the Royal Irish Academy's early print collections: Johannes Hamman.
Monday, 23 December 2019This is the first in a series of posts exploring printers’ devices in the early printed books of the library’s collections.
Christmas Opening Hours
Wednesday, 18 December 2019Wishing all our members and friends a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
Listen back to our Lunchtime Lecture series on 'Discovering Thomas Moore'
Thursday, 5 December 2019This lecture series accompanies the Library's exhibition Discovering Thomas Moore: Ireland in nineteenth-century Europe
Quarks, Joyce and two twentieth-century physicists!
Thursday, 5 December 2019On 3 December the family of Professor Kevin Carroll, MRIA (1926-2016) presented the Academy with his signed first-edition copy of Finnegans Wake. We are delighted to receive this new addition to the...
A Harp made for the Bard of Erin – John Egan’s Enterprising Product Placement
Thursday, 28 November 2019Thank you to Nancy Hurrell, our guest writer for this month's Library Blog post.
A King of Prussia, a Russian Grand Duke, an Indian Princess — and Thomas Moore — Ireland in Europe in 1821.
Tuesday, 8 October 2019For this month's Library blog post Librarian, Siobhán Fitzpatrick, takes a look at a very special new addition to our collections.
The mythical Island of Hy Brasil and the Book of O’Lees
Thursday, 19 September 2019This month's Library blog post takes you on a journey to an enchanted island ...
The business of leisure: entertainment ephemera in the collection of the Royal Irish Academy
Tuesday, 27 August 2019For this month’s Library blog post Alison FitzGerald and Joy Sherwood of Maynooth University take a look at the weird and wonderful in popular entertainment of the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Discovering Thomas Moore’ exhibition and launch of ERIN website
Friday, 16 August 2019Read the latest blog post for the ERIN project team