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A candle for Eugene O’Curry, or the cataloguer’s revenge
Wednesday, 19 July 2017The latest Library Blog post takes a look at the life of a nineteenth-century cataloguer.

Celebrating 1916 in 1966: Kevin B. Nowlan & RTÉ
Tuesday, 16 May 2017From the Reading Room: In the latest Library Blog post Archivist Karen de Lacey delves into the Nowlan archives.

‘A life of two exiles: Wacław Tadeusz Dobrzyński (1883-1962)’
Thursday, 11 May 2017Listen Back: Lunchtime Lecture in association with the Polish Embassy's exhibition on the life and career of Consul-General Wacław Tadeusz Dobrzyński.

The Haliday Collection & the DIB: J. P. Prendergast
Tuesday, 11 April 2017John Patrick Prendergast, author of The Cromwellian settlement of Ireland (1863), supported the publication of Haliday's Scandinavian kingdom of Dublin (1882), and recorded details of Haliday's life for posterity.

'Ability and industry scarcely credible': Johann Kaspar Zeuss and Grammatica Celtica
Monday, 3 April 2017The latest Library blog post, written by Charles Dillon, editor of the Academy's Foclóir Stairiúil Gaeilge, looks at the 'founder of Celtic studies'.

The Book of Uí Mhaine International Conference
Monday, 27 March 2017Listen back to this two-day conference on one of our major Gaelic medieval manuscripts

The Haliday Collection & the DIB
Wednesday, 22 March 2017"‘No ydle person or vaccabonde shall repayre or hawnte within the same shire … upon payne of hanging, onles he have juste cawse"*

Secrets, lies & conspiracies
Thursday, 9 March 2017From Dublin Castle to the Academy Library - Sophie Evans explores the curious journey of the Secret Service Money Book, part of the Library's exhibition 'Dublin Documents'

Charitable property: the manuscripts of St Anne's Guild, Dublin
Wednesday, 8 March 2017Listen to Professor Colm Lennon give a talk on the manuscripts of the Guild of St Anne, part of the Haliday Collection held at the Royal Irish Academy.

Representations of Jews in Irish Literature – Podcasts
Tuesday, 7 February 2017Listen back to lectures by Dr Barry Montgomery and Dr Rióna Ní Fhrighil on Jews and Jewishness in Irish literature