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Rural Conversation Podcast No. 2: 'Enhancing social cohesion among communities in rural Ireland'
Wednesday, 6 March 2019Rural Conversation No. 2: ‘Enhancing social cohesion among communities in rural Ireland’, the second in the series was held on 28 February 2018 in Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT)
Digital Repository of Ireland to preserve Together for Yes digital archive
Friday, 1 March 2019The digital archive of the Together for Yes campaign will be preserved in the Digital Repository of Ireland following the organisation joining as Members.
New DIFP exhibition in National Archives of Ireland: St Patrick's Day in Nigeria, 1962
Wednesday, 27 February 2019Our March exhibition co-curated with the NAI looks at St Patrick's Day, 1962, in what was then Ireland's only embassy in Africa
New Executive Secretary appointed
Tuesday, 26 February 2019Ireland’s leading body of experts in the humanities and sciences, the Royal Irish Academy, has appointed Dr. Tony Gaynor as its Executive Secretary.
Nominations for the 2019 TÜBA Academy Prizes are now open
Tuesday, 26 February 2019TÜBA Academy Prizes are awarded to scientists with original, leading and path-breaking works in their fields.
'The Irish dimension to British history: from the Act of Union to Brexit'
Monday, 25 February 2019Listen to Sir David Cannedine addresses the key issues in Irish history within the context of British history from the early 1800s and the Act of Union, through to the current Brexit situation.
RJ Hunter Fellowship Event
Monday, 25 February 2019Listen to Gerard Farrell speak about ‘An ethnohistory of Gaelic Ulster, 1500-1700’ and David Heffernan on ‘The Goldsmiths Company of London and the Londonderry Plantation under James I, c. 1609–25'.
Women Writing Ireland
Friday, 22 February 2019Listen to a panel discussion with four Irish women writers to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849).
Interviews with 2018 Gold Medallists
Thursday, 21 February 2019Watch the 2018 Academy Gold Medals winners, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, MRIA and Stephen J. Smartt, MRIA sharing their views on what it means to receive their awards
Eoin O'Mahony Bursary in Irish History open
Thursday, 21 February 2019The Eoin O’Mahony Bursary in Irish History was established in memory of the genealogist and newspaper columnist Eoin O’Mahony, and is now open for applications.