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100 Artworks: The first 30. Which is your favourite? Tell us and win

Thursday, 11 June 2015

We have now covered 30 artworks in the Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks series. This project in association with the Irish Times, brings together two Academy research projects: the Dictionary of Irish Biography and the...

Publications, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Art and Architecture of Ireland

The City Mapped

Thursday, 11 June 2015

The IHTA’s Dublin Part III and Dublin 1847: City of the Ordnance Survey was reviewed in the Dublin Review of Books.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Publications

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