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James Hardiman: An Epistolary Life
Monday, 15 June 2020In this month's Library Blog post Dr. Ciaran McDonough looks at the James Hardiman papers and how letters can be so valuable when writing historical biographies.
Report on historical mental health records seminar 16 May 2019
Monday, 15 June 2020In May 2019, the Royal Irish Academy hosted a ground-breaking seminar on ‘Historical mental health records: the ethics of access and preservation policies’. This event explored current practices in Ireland and...
DIB Rogues: James Maclaine, highwayman
Monday, 15 June 2020The DIB has curated a selection of its most notorious rogues – pirates, blackmailers, thieves and murderers – for your delectation. Working with William Plunkett, Maclaine established the myth of the dashing gentleman...
DIB Rogues: William Burke, murderer
Monday, 15 June 2020The DIB has curated a selection of its most notorious rogues – pirates, blackmailers, thieves and murderers – for your delectation. Next in our catalogue of crime is the infamous William Burke, who turned to murder to...
RIA Endorses Joint Statement on UK Government Student Controls
Sunday, 14 June 2020The Academy has joined with the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Learned Society of Wales to issue a joint statement in response to the recently announced UK government student controls.
How linguistics can help the historian: Part VI
Wednesday, 10 June 2020This instalment outlines how we can scientifically retrieve the original pronunciation of ancient or medieval texts — even when the sounds of the letters are known to have changed over time.
DIB Rogues: Chicago May, blackmailer
Wednesday, 10 June 2020The DIB has curated a selection of its most notorious rogues – pirates, blackmailers, thieves and murderers – for your delectation. Next up is Mary Ann Duignan aka ‘Chicago May’, a one-time chorus girl who supported a...
Fergal O'Brien MRIA: Biomaterial Researcher
Wednesday, 10 June 2020Professor O'Brien's research focuses on the development and application of natural polymer, biomaterial-based therapeutics for tissue engineering.
Proposed Statement - Urbanization in Low and Middle Income Countries
Tuesday, 9 June 2020Experts are now sought to serve on a working group tasked with developing a statement on Urbanization in Low and Middle Income Countries
Discover the Library’s digital collections
Monday, 8 June 2020We have been working with our colleagues in the IT Department to improve our website which we hope will bring you closer to our collections.