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Snap that: Life through the lens of Ireland’s 18- to 25-year-olds
Friday, 23 October 2020Calling 18- to 25-year-olds on the island of Ireland to tell the story of your generation through your smartphone lens. Photographs with accompanying captions will be selected for an online exhibition. Closing date for...
Alcohol in the DIB: Kate Meyrick
Thursday, 22 October 2020Our series ends with Kate Meyrick, the notorious Irish ‘queen of nightclubs’ in 1920s London who was immortalised in the works of Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell.
Bringing medieval Irish into the classroom with 'A history of Ireland in 100 words'
Thursday, 22 October 2020After the book and the exhibition, we're now working on educational resources based around extracts from tales, poetry and historical texts composed in the Middle Ages.
Teaching resources on Medieval Ireland
Tuesday, 20 October 2020RIA author Máire Ní Mhaonaigh on how to inspire pupils with stories of women in Medieval Ireland, of the Otherworld and Viking names.
Alcohol in the DIB: Theobald Mathew
Monday, 19 October 2020We continue our series on alcohol in the DIB with famed temperance crusader Theobald Mathew.
Máirtín Ó Cadhain in the DIB
Sunday, 18 October 2020Today, 18 October 2020, marks fifty years since the death of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, one of Ireland’s foremost literary figures of the twentieth century.
Top nine final year math’s students get Hamilton Prize
Friday, 16 October 2020Sponsors Ibec see developing STEM talent as a key role in safeguarding Ireland’s economic future.
'Flash Fiction' i bhFoclóir Mháirtín Uí Chadhain
Friday, 16 October 2020San fhoclóir a réitigh Máirtín Ó Cadhain, is minic féith na scéalaíochta le brath ar na samplaí a bhí aige ar úsáid focal. Tá spléachadh thíos ar chuid de na samplaí ar geall le ‘flash fiction’ iad...
Winner of DRI Early Career Research Award 2020 Announced
Friday, 16 October 2020Dr Siobhán Doyle is the winner of the DRI Early Career Research Award 2020 for her original piece of research informed by collections deposited in DRI.
A voyage of the mind
Friday, 16 October 2020In this episode of Spreading the Words we learn about Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's use of the word immram.