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New Collection in DRI – Irish Postage Stamps: Unadopted Designs

Monday, 29 January 2024

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce that a new collection –  Irish Postage Stamps: Unadopted Designs – has been published in the Repository through An Post Museum and Archive (APMA).

Digital Repository of Ireland

Dr Ivor Browne

Friday, 26 January 2024

Grangegorman Histories was saddened to hear of the death of Dr Ivor Browne, who was the Chief Medical Superintendent at St Brendan’s Hospital, Grangegorman for three decades from 1966.

Grangegorman Histories

Watch: Revealing the Past 2023

Friday, 19 January 2024

If you missed our biennial seminar on 4 December 2023, presenting a selection of recent discoveries from archaeological excavation funded by the National Monuments Service, related research funded by the National...

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees, Standing Committee Archaeology

New Collection in DRI – Kilkenny Traditional Shopfront Signage

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce that a new collection – the Kilkenny Traditional Shopfront Signage Project 2021 – has been published in the Repository through Kilkenny County Library.

Digital Repository of Ireland

Good Science Discussion Series: What is Good Science?

Monday, 15 January 2024

The Royal Irish Academy is pleased to launch a series of panel events exploring the topic of 'Good Science'.

Science Committees, Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences Committee

NORFest2023 Recordings and Slides Available

Friday, 12 January 2024

Recordings and slides are available for Ireland’s highly successful inaugural National Open Research Festival (NORFest2023).

Digital Repository of Ireland

Archiving Reproductive Health - Final Achievements

Friday, 12 January 2024

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to celebrate the achievements and final outputs of the Digital Preservation Award-winning Archiving Reproductive Health (ARH) project (2021-2023).  

Digital Repository of Ireland

Ireland’s Victorian ‘great detectives’

Thursday, 11 January 2024

Read the latest DIB blog.

Dictionary of Irish Biography

Celebrating Irish Language in the Archives of Charles Vallancey MRIA

Wednesday, 10 January 2024

In the fourth and final post from our UCD Student Blog Series Roisin Costello takes a glimpse into the archive collection of engineer, antiquarian and great enthusiast of the Irish language, Charles Vallancey (c.1725-...

Library, Library Blog

Archaeology funding

Tuesday, 9 January 2024

The RIA is delighted to announce funding for nine projects under the annual Archaeology Research Excavation Grants, Archaeological Archives Research Grants, Archaeology Legacy Grants and Directed Research for World...

Grants and Awards

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