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Drawing from the well - The Irish Traditional Music Archive inspiring new art
Thursday, 25 February 2021Latest Library Blog post. Grace Toland of the Irish Traditional Music Archive, introduces us to a wonderful project connecting artists with archival song, music and dance collections and the new art it has inspired...
In pursuit of Arthur Brownlow’s Irish manuscripts
Wednesday, 3 February 2021Library Blog post. Dr Bernadette Cunningham traces some of the Irish manuscripts seen by Edward Lhuyd, Welsh antiquary and lexicographer, in 1699 when he visited Arthur Brownlow of Lurgan, County Armagh.
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.
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.
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
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.
James Hardiman: An Epistolary Life
Monday, 15 June 2020In this month's Library Blog post Dr. Ciaran McDonough looks at the James Hardiman papers and how letters can be so valuable when writing historical biographies.
Bringing the Stowe Missal to life
Friday, 22 May 2020This month's Library Blog post looks at the Stowe Missal. Thank you to our guest writer Lars Nooij for bringing this wonderful manuscript to life.
Memories, manuscripts and medieval ink
Thursday, 23 April 2020Library Blog post. After a visit to the Library last year, Kathleen Reen was inspired to learn more about how the old scribes made ink. Follow Kathleen on her journey.