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Climate, disease and society in late-medieval Ireland
Wednesday, 13 October 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Bruce Campbell and Francis Ludlow reflect on climate change as a major but neglected grand theme of late medieval Irish history.
Rathmines now published
Thursday, 7 October 2021Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Dublin suburbs series, no. 2 Rathmines by Séamas Ó Maitiú is now available.
ARINS podcast episode 4: What exactly is the Northern Ireland subvention?
Thursday, 7 October 2021In this episode, John Doyle and John FitzGerald discuss the subject of the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland, which has been dominating the public debate on the economics of a united Ireland.
Shelfmarks with Amanda Bell
Wednesday, 6 October 2021In episode 2 of our podcast Shelfmarks Zoë Comyns chats to guest writer Amanda Bell about Madam Dragon Fly, Cynthia Longfield, iridescence and poison.
To what extent did climate change steer the trajectories of early societies?
Wednesday, 6 October 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Lisa Coyle McClung and Gill Plunkett review cultural change and the climate record in final prehistoric and early medieval Ireland.
On the brink of Armageddon? Climate change, the archaeological record and human activity across the Bronze Age–Iron Age transition in Ireland
Wednesday, 29 September 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Benjamin Gearey et al. consider the cultural and climatic changes that took place in Ireland during the transition between Bronze Age and Iron Age.
Human rights in a united Ireland
Monday, 27 September 2021In today’s ARINS blog, Brice Dickson considers the protection of human rights in the north and south of Ireland, and asks what might change after a referendum?
Shelfmarks with Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Thursday, 23 September 2021In this first episode of our podcast Shelfmarks, Zoë Comyns looks at an expedition to the islet of Rockall funded by the Royal Irish Academy in 1896.
How did past drought phases impact upon human perception of their environment?
Wednesday, 22 September 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Gill Plunkett, David M. Brown and Graeme T. Swindles consider the impacts that droughts might have had on human populations in prehistoric Ireland.
How did environmental change influence human activity in Irish bogs?
Wednesday, 15 September 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Phil Stastney introduces a review of research on past human–environmental interactions in Irish peatlands.