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ARINS podcast episode 6: let 'the people' decide
Wednesday, 1 December 2021In this episode, Colin Harvey and Jennifer Kavanagh pick through the political uncertainties surrounding the anticipated referendums, north and south.

Climate and Society in Ireland podcast ep. 2: Lucy Collins
Wednesday, 1 December 2021In episode 2 of our new podcast, host Gill Plunkett talks to Lucy Collins about representations of climate change in Irish poetry between 1600 and 1820.

Climate and Society in Ireland podcast ep. 1: John Sweeney
Wednesday, 24 November 2021In this first episode of our new podcast, host Gill Plunkett talks to John Sweeney about the challenges posed by climate change over the past few centuries.

Climate and society in modern Ireland: past and future vulnerabilities
Wednesday, 24 November 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, John Sweeney considers the challenging interaction between climate and society from the nineteenth century to the present.

New DIB book ‘Irish lives in America’ published
Thursday, 18 November 2021The Royal Irish Academy has published a special Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) collection, Irish lives in America (November 2021).

Shelfmarks with Siobhán Mannion
Thursday, 18 November 2021In episode 5 of Shelfmarks, Zoë Comyns explores the myth of Cessair and Fintan mac Bochra from the Leabhar Gabhála.

Proceedings of the RIA 121C now available in print and online
Wednesday, 17 November 2021Covering bloodletting, prehistoric hillforts, women in war and much more.

New podcast series on Climate and Society in Ireland
Wednesday, 17 November 2021Host Gill Plunkett explores the long view of climate change with some of the authors of Climate and Society in Ireland.

Reconstructing hydrological drought in Irish catchments (1850–2015)
Wednesday, 17 November 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Simon Noone and Conor Murphy provide a first attempt to reconstruct historical river flows to examine hydrological drought in Ireland.

Seeing the natural world: Comhbhá an Dúlra
Wednesday, 10 November 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Máire Ní Annracháin examines the ecocritical spirit of modern Gaelic poetry.