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Today's episode of Spreading the Words focuses on Lus an chromchinn and other flowers with memorable Irish names.
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Our new blog series will explore the varied environmental, climatic and social changes that occurred in Ireland from early prehistory to the early 21st century.
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In episode 3, host Gill Plunkett talks to Bruce Campbell and Francis Ludlow about climate change as a major but neglected grand theme of late medieval Irish history.
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In today’s ARINS blog, Brian O'Conchubhair considers the contentious political debates surrounding language in the context of a potential political realignment of the island of Ireland.
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Simon Coveney recently identified the disconnect between political discussions of potential Irish reunification and a widespread everyday uncertainty and disengagement. A new diversity needs new engagement.
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Season's Greetings to all our members and friends!
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Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach, by Pádraic Ó Conaire, 1918
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Aer Lingus Summer Timetable, 1955 by Guus Melai
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Academy partners with Google to launch virtual tour.
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Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 103: Tarbh : a bull by the horns
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Patrick Geoghegan interviews John Gibney, Micheal Kennedy and Kate O'Malley this Sunday, 26 April.
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Hear about traditions of wild swimming in this episode of Spreading the Words.
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Opening up over 200 years of scholarship and creating more
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The next pairing in our Grangegorman Lives series demonstrate how very different lives can intersect and impact one another. The lives of Margaret Louisa Aylward and Thomas Lambert Synnott , both born in 1810, intersect in Grangegorman in 1860-1.
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In this special episode, Zoë Comyns delves into the Academy collections for traces of Brigid in the recordings of the Doegen archive.
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The Northern Ireland Assembly election of May 2022 was transformational, despite very small shifts in the magnitudes of seats won by the two dominant blocs.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 31 Cork/Corcaigh by Howard B. Clarke and Máire Ní Laoí and will be launched in May 2024.
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Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover and Other Stories, 1945
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Biology and Environment: Proceedings of The Royal Irish Academy is a broad spectrum, peer-reviewed journal publishing biological and environmental research on topics relevant to the island of Ireland and internationally.
The journal should be essential reading for researchers...
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The Barracks, by John McGahern, 1963
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What exactly is a ‘love-spot’? Find out in today's entry on affairs of the heart.
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Our author Máire Ní Mhaonaigh tells us some of the stories behind the illustrations in 'A history of Ireland in 100 words' in today's episode of 'Meet the authors'.
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How old is the Irish word clábar and when did it first appear in Hiberno-English? Find out in this episode of Spreading the Words.
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Today's episode of Spreading the Words focuses on the various meanings of the Irish word Craobh.
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