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New Digital Repository of Ireland partnership

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Digital Repository of Ireland announces ground-breaking partnership with Irish Distillers to provide future access to archival collections. Historic documents from Irish Distillers’ private archive will soon be...

Digital Repository of Ireland

Academy closed - Storm Debi

Sunday, 12 November 2023

Due to the potentially hazardous conditions as a result of Storm Debi the Academy will not open until 11am tomorrow Monday 13 November. The library will open after lunch at 2pm.

Library, Public Engagement

John Bell Day Lecture 2023: Testing the foundations of quantum mechanics with levitated mechanical systems

Friday, 10 November 2023

Watch back this year's John Bell Day lecture with Professor Hendrik Ulbricht. This event was hosted by the Chief Executives’ Club at Queen’s and the Royal Irish Academy, in association with the School of Maths &...

Public Engagement, STEM Education

Watch 2023 Hamilton Lecture: ‘How surprisingly intricate are random structures?’

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

If you missed our 2023 Hamilton lecture ‘How surprisingly intricate are random structures?’ delivered by Professor Wendelin Werner you can watch it now

Science Committees, Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences Committee, Hamilton Day

Archiving Reproductive Health Anonymisation Protocol Published

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

The Archiving Reproductive Health project at the Digital Repository of Ireland has published a factsheet about the Anonymisation Protocol used in cataloguing the In Her Shoes collection.

Digital Repository of Ireland

Desmond J. Tobin MRIA, Skin Scientist

Monday, 6 November 2023

Professor Tobin researches cutaneous science, with a focus on the regulation of skin and hair pigmentation and immune-mediated control of skin and hair growth in human health and disease.

Members Research Series

'Death in Irish prehistory' officially launched on All Saints' Day

Saturday, 4 November 2023

Death in Irish prehistory was officially launched by poet, essayist and undertaker Thomas Lynch on 1 November 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy. 

Publications

ARINS podcast 27: Who is Better Off? The Irish, Northern Irish or the British?

Wednesday, 1 November 2023

In this month’s ARINScast Paul Gosling author of 'A New Ireland' and 'Lessons from the Troubles and the Unsettled Peace', shares his insights regarding the quality of life, the standard and cost of living, and...

ARINS - Analysis and Research: Ireland North and South

Marstrander agus an Máistir

Thursday, 26 October 2023

Déanann Conchúr Mag Eacháin cur síos achomair ar an turas a rinne Carl Marstrander go dtí an Blascaod Mór in 1907 agus a chaidreamh le Tomás Ó Criomhthain. 

Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge Blog

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