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Alcohol in the DIB: Lady Catherine Morgan
Wednesday, 7 October 2020A victim of her husband’s alcoholism, and unwilling to play the expected role of the patiently suffering wife, Lady Catherine Morgan became the focus of nineteenth-century Ireland’s most sensational divorce case.
Responses to COVID-19 - Call for Case studies
Tuesday, 6 October 2020Call for Case Studies on Responses to COVID-19 aimed at Improving and Sustaining Health Equity from the Sustainable Health Equity Movement with the World Health Organization
Irish Historic Towns Atlas in third-level education: printed and pdfs
Tuesday, 6 October 2020In the Royal Irish Academy's educational resources series, Ruth McManus (Dublin City University) discusses how the printed Irish Historic Towns Atlas and IHTA Online can be used in third-level geography.
Curriculum-linked primary and post-primary lesson plans based on A history of Ireland in 100 objects
Tuesday, 6 October 2020These teaching resources have been designed to be both stimulating to students and integral to the relevant school curriculum.
Experiences Preserving 3D data at the Digital Repository of Ireland
Monday, 5 October 2020Read about DRI's experiences preserving 3D data in this blog post written by DRI Software Developer Mashal Ahmad and DRI Software Engineer Kathryn Cassidy.
Cultural memories and nationalist sentiments – ALLEA webinar
Monday, 5 October 2020ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, invites you to this open webinar and to submit questions in advance.
Institutional experience of the “Spanish” flu and COVID-19 in Ireland
Monday, 5 October 2020Grangegorman Histories presented a fascinating discussion on institutional experiences of pandemics with Catriona Crowe, MRIA. Dr Cillian de Gascun, Dr Ida Milne, Professor Luke O'Neill, MRIA and Fintan O'Toole, MRIA....
Alcohol in the DIB: John MacBride
Monday, 5 October 2020At a time when Ireland's relationship with alcohol is increasingly under the spotlight, the DIB has complied a selection of biographies dealing with drinking and responses to it. We start our series with John MacBride,...
What sound is a sure sign of winter?
Friday, 2 October 2020Find out in today's episode of Spreading the Words, a new podcast by the authors of A history of Ireland in 100 words.
Creating sustainable futures through a Circular Economy
Friday, 2 October 2020Circular pathways - our future for regenerative and sustainable living.