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Academy House closed on Tuesday, 10 April

Monday, 1 January 2018

The Academy (including the Library) will be closed on Tuesday, 10 April to facilitate staff training. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Researching our medieval Irish manuscripts: impact of digitisation

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Irish Script on Screen has opened up a world of manuscripts for scholars - the latest Library Blog post looks at how digitisation has contributed to the study of manuscripts. 

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Table-Turning: a Victorian fad

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

This month’s Library Blog post delves into our nineteenth-century pamphlets to get readers into the spirit of Halloween.

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Beranger's painted people - himself and others

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Dr Peter Harbison, MRIA, takes a closer look at Gabriel Beranger's watercolours in the latest Library blog post. 

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