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Irish United-man in Europe
Wednesday, 30 May 2018On 29 May 1968 Shay Brennan, Tony Dunne and George Best (1946–2005) became the first Irishmen to win a European Champions Cup winners medal ... read the DIB entry on Shay Brennan, By Dr Jim Shanahan, below.
Member Profile: Eavan Boland
Wednesday, 30 May 2018Eavan Boland, one of Ireland's finest poets, was admitted as an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.
Not just bricks & mortar
Monday, 28 May 2018Latest Library Blog post: A short film about the Royal Irish Academy Library
28 New Members elected to Royal Irish Academy
Friday, 25 May 2018Today 28 new Members of the Royal Irish Academy were elected for their exceptional contribution to the sciences, humanities and social sciences as well as to public service. They include the poet Eavan Boland, public...
Public lecture, IHTA seminar and book launch
Wednesday, 23 May 2018More maps and texts: sources and the Irish Historic Towns Atlas was launched by Keith Lilley at the culmination of the IHTA seminar 'Modernising Townscapes: urban evolution in Ireland and Great Britain from the...
IHTA International Digital Workshop
Tuesday, 22 May 2018An international workshop examining the base map for the Historic Towns Atlas took place in Academy House with pariticpants from the Irish, British, Hungarian, Polish and German projects.
The ragged trousered philanthropists, a seminal account of working class life, influenced the course of post-war Britain.
Winners of the 2018 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards
Friday, 18 May 2018The winners of the 2018 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards were announced on Friday 18 May at the American Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.
Council has recommended that two Members be appointed to the RCHM, one from Science and one from PL&A. This will be a three-year appointment.
Listen back to Dr Eileen Kane's Lunchtime Lecture on Françoise Henry
Thursday, 10 May 2018Dr Eileen Kane presented her lecture on archaeologist and Irish art historian Françoise Henry, MRIA, at Academy House on 18 April 2018.