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Climate, weather and social change in seventeenth-century Ireland
Wednesday, 20 October 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Raymond Gillespie focuses on how local societies reacted to the changing weather patterns and adapted to them.
Hamilton Day 2021 Review
Wednesday, 20 October 2021Caroline Series, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, delivered the Royal Irish Academy's 2021 Hamilton Lecture on the topic 'Glimpses into Hyperbolic Geometry'.
Top nine final year maths students get Hamilton Prize
Wednesday, 20 October 2021Sponsors Ibec see developing STEM talent as a key role in safeguarding Ireland’s economic future.
Library participation in OS200: digitally re-mapping Ireland's Ordnance Survey Heritage
Tuesday, 19 October 2021The library's Ordnance Survey collection is featuring in a new IRC/AHRC funded project that will celebrate the bicentenary of the survey in Ireland in 2024. The RIA and DRI are participating partners with Professor...
Shelfmarks with Niall Williams and Christine Breen
Thursday, 14 October 2021In this bonus episode of Shelfmarks, Zoë Comyns chats to guest writers Niall and Christine about their own relationship with their garden and nature.
The Legacy of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty: panel discussion
Thursday, 14 October 2021On Monday 18th October, in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy, and the British Academy, the Irish Embassy in London will host a panel discussion on the legacy of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921.
The Mediterranean and Middle East regions are “hotspots” for climate change-related health risks
Thursday, 14 October 2021The new workshop report “Tackling the effects of climate change on health in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions” includes assessments from the region and recommendations for policy-makers and the scientific...
Grangegorman Histories: Timepiece podcast
Thursday, 14 October 2021Grangegorman Histories celebrated Culture Night 2021 with the launch of ‘Timepiece’, a podcast exploring the history of the turret clock in Grangegorman.
Research Bureaucracy: Celtic Academies Alliance response
Thursday, 14 October 2021Working in partnership with the Learned Society of Wales (LSW) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the RIA has responded to the UK independent review of research bureaucracy. The response was prepared by a working group...
Climate, disease and society in late-medieval Ireland
Wednesday, 13 October 2021In today's blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Bruce Campbell and Francis Ludlow reflect on climate change as a major but neglected grand theme of late medieval Irish history.