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Annual Library Closure
Thursday, 8 June 2023The Reading Room will be closed to the public from Monday 31 July to Friday 11 August 2023 inclusive to facilitate the annual Library stocktake.

Irish History Online – To Infinity and Beyond!
Tuesday, 30 May 2023In the latest Library blog post Deputy Librarian Meadhbh Murphy gives an update on the work being done by the Irish History Online (IHO) team.

Listen to the 'Leabhar Breac' Conference
Wednesday, 17 May 2023Listen to talks given during The Leabhar Breach conference which explored the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac, this most impressive example of a predominantly religious...

More Gabriel Beranger antiquarian watercolours deposited at the DRI and The Watercolour World
Friday, 14 April 2023New images from the Royal Irish Academy Library’s Beranger collection of eighteenth-century watercolour drawings are now preserved digitally.

On the importance of preserving lantern slide collections
Thursday, 13 April 2023In the latest Library Blog post, Rebecca Cairns explores the photographic collection of Robert Lloyd Praeger (1865-1953) at the Royal Irish Academy.

The RIA Library’s collaboration with the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Friday, 24 March 2023The latest library guest blog by Dr David Brown, Senior Researcher for the Virtual Treasury of Ireland, looks at how the Royal Irish Academy Library is helping to replace historical records destroyed by fire in 1922.

Update to RIA Library reading room services
Monday, 16 January 2023Extension of daily opening hours.

Royal Irish Academy Library Lectures come of age in 2022!
Monday, 19 December 2022The latest library guest blog features former Academy Librarian, Siobhán Fitzpatrick’s reflections on the development of the Library’s long-running series of lunchtime lectures.


Update to RIA Library reading room services
Thursday, 1 December 2022Library closure: 24 December 2022 - 9 January 2023.