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Library Lunchtime Lecture series in association with Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, University College Cork.
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RIA MSS C iii 3: Cat. No. 1220; 23 P 6: Cat. No. 687; 23 P 7: Cat. No. 688 A.D. 1632-36 Paper (folios in vellum in 23 P 6) C iii 3: 28cm; 23 P 6: 35cm; 23 P 7: 35cm
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The Forde – Pigot collection of Irish airs is the Academy’s main music resource.
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Drawings of chimney-pieces created by George and Hill Darley in the course of their work as stone-cutters in Dublin between c. 1757-1813.
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Dr Richard Sharpe, Professor of Diplomatic at Oxford and author of Roderick O’Flaherty’s letters 1696-1709 (RIA, 2013).
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RIA MS 23 P 16: Cat. No. 1230
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The Academy Library holds many important early print collections relating to Ireland – cultural, economic, linguistic, social and political aspects of our history.
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A series of lectures on the momentous events of 1014, Brian Boru, the Vikings in Ireland and much more, also the focus of an exhibition which was based on the Library collections.
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The Dublin Unitarian Church Collection was donated to the Royal Irish Academy by the Dublin Unitarian Church in two separate deposits, in 2006 and 2008.
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Library Lunchtime Lecture series exploring the works of some key scholars and organisations that helped shape ideas of Ireland and Irishness.
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RIA MS B ii 1: Cat. No. 1216 early 15th c. Vellum: 23cm x 29cm 17 folios (pencil pagination 1-[34] ignores chasms and errors in binding)
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The Nally collection is a resource for those interested in Irish and Hiberno-Norse dialectology.
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The Royal Irish Academy Library’s collection of c.8,600 antiquarian sketches and drawings covers the period between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries. The drawings - mainly watercolours and sketches in ink or pencil - range from the depiction of Irish landscapes to places and...
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RIA MS 23 P 24: Cat. No. 138. 17th century. Paper: 18.5 x 14 cm, 170 pp.
Author: Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh
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RIA MS 24 P 25: Cat. No. 475 Mainly 16th century Vellum: 36cm x 22cm 81 folios
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An introduction to the scientific collections held by the Academy Library.
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The Book of Knockninny / Leabhar Chnoc Ninne is an Irish language manuscript compiled in 1718 for Brian Mág Uidhir of Knockninny, Co. Fermanagh. It contains a selection of historical poems and prose texts. This series of Library Lunchtime Lectures was organised to celebrate the 300th anniversary...
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The papers of Eleanor Knott, distinguished Irish scholar.
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The Royal Irish Academy Library’s collection of c.11,000 photographs and photographic reproductions covers the period between the late nineteenth century and the present. The photographs range from the depiction of Irish landscapes, places and objects of historical, archaeological and...
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The Book of Ballymote (BB), compiled between the late-fourteenth and early-fifteenth centuries, is one of the most remarkable Irish manuscripts we have. Its size and extent, the range of material it contains and its striking illumination all mark it out as an important work of late medieval...
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