Assistant Editor, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Permanent Post
19 October 2018Applications are invited for the permanent position of Assistant Editor to the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series.
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Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) is an essential public resource for the study of twentieth century Irish history. DIFP aims to make the history of Irish foreign policy accessible to all and promotes public engagement with the history of Ireland’s international relations.
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy projects
Coming very soon: Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Volume XI
17 October 2018The latest instalment of Documents on Irish Foreign policy, covering 1957-1961, will be published in November.
DIFP and history for secondary schools
11 October 2018Following on from the recent History Teachers Association of Ireland annual conference, we will be developing some new resources for second-level history over the next few months.
The sinking of the RMS Leinster, 10 October 1918
08 October 2018The sinking of RMS Leinster on 10 October 1918 is the worst maritime disaster recorded in the Irish Sea. It also had the potential to become an issue in attempts to bring the First World War to an end.
An Irish envoy to revolutionary Russia, 1921
13 September 2018Who was Patrick McCartan, and why did Dáil Éireann send him to Russia during the War of Independence?
An Irish diplomat in London during the Blitz, 1941
28 August 2018In a sequel of sorts to our last blog post on the 'Emergency', what did an Irish diplomat see and hear while in London during the Blitz of 1941?
