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Colum Cille 1500: Téacsanna agus Traidisiúin / Columba 1500: Texts and Traditions
Wednesday, 1 December 2021This series of Library Lunchtime Lectures was organised to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the birth of St Colum Cille, in collaboration with Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, Litríocht na Gaeilge agus na gCultúr Ceilteach.
RIA Diversity Report published
Tuesday, 30 November 2021The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) has published the full report of the independent diversity review it commissioned in May 2021.
Grangegorman Lives: Ethel Rhind
Friday, 26 November 2021Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Ethel Rhind (1877-1952), mosaic and stained-glass artist.
Climate and Society in Ireland podcast ep. 1: John Sweeney
Wednesday, 24 November 2021In this first episode of our new podcast, host Gill Plunkett talks to John Sweeney about the challenges posed by climate change over the past few centuries.
Climate and society in modern Ireland: past and future vulnerabilities
Wednesday, 24 November 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, John Sweeney considers the challenging interaction between climate and society from the nineteenth century to the present.
'The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives': National Archives' centenary exhibition in partnership with RIA, OPW and NLI due to open on 7 December 2021
Friday, 19 November 2021The RIA’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) project has been centrally involved in developing the National Archives' forthcoming exhibition marking the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
New DIB book ‘Irish lives in America’ published
Thursday, 18 November 2021The Royal Irish Academy has published a special Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) collection, Irish lives in America (November 2021).
Shelfmarks with Siobhán Mannion
Thursday, 18 November 2021In episode 5 of Shelfmarks, Zoë Comyns explores the myth of Cessair and Fintan mac Bochra from the Leabhar Gabhála.
Proceedings of the RIA 121C now available in print and online
Wednesday, 17 November 2021Covering bloodletting, prehistoric hillforts, women in war and much more.
New podcast series on Climate and Society in Ireland
Wednesday, 17 November 2021Host Gill Plunkett explores the long view of climate change with some of the authors of Climate and Society in Ireland.