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A collection of 19th and 20th century booksellers’ catalogues and auction catalogues, includes sales of private library collections.
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The Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research in pure and applied mathematics. Exceptionally, survey articles of topics of current research interest that present new points of view or major simplifications are also published...
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Michael O’Hanrahan (1877–1916), born in New Ross, Co. Wexford, and reared in Carlow town, was a journalist and novelist. Active in the Gaelic League, he worked with an Irish-language printer and on the Irish Volunteers headquarters clerical staff. He kept secret the concussion he suffered in an...
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Art and Architecture of Ireland eBook free now in 200 institutions across Ireland
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Beidh Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge ar an bhfoclóir Gaeilge is údarásaí agus is iomláine maidir le húsáid agus le forbairt na Gaeilge le ceithre chéad bliain anuas.
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The Royal Irish Academy, together with the National Monuments Service runs a grant scheme for Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites. This scheme offers an opportunity for those working on the archaeology of the Brú na Bóinne and Sceilg Mhichíl World Heritage Properties or those sites...
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The Eoin O’Mahony Bursary in Irish History was established in memory of the genealogist and newspaper columnist Eoin O’Mahony, and is open to candidates engaged in historical research on subjects of Irish interest, including family history projects, particularly those associated with the ‘Wild...
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The Praeger Grants in Natural History were set up in honour of Robert Lloyd Praeger, “Ireland’s greatest naturalist”, onetime President of the RIA and instigator of the of original Clare Island Survey, to encourage the promotion of field study of Ireland’s geology, flora and fauna.
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Those successful for this grant will be notified of the outcome via written letter.
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The Ordnance Survey (OS) was established in 1824 to undertake a townland survey of Ireland and to map the entire country. This online interactive Story Map will bring together original OS letters and drawings from the Library’s collections and take us on a journey around nineteenth-century Co....
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Window on the Irish Soul is a digital exhibition produced as part of a collaboration between the Royal Irish Academy Library and the An Post Museum and Archive to mark the 2022-23 centenary of Irish stamps. Drawing on material from the heritage collections of both institutions, the...
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Citation on the awarding of the 2011 RIA Gold Medal in the Engineering Sciences to John O. Scanlan MRIA
Written on 16 December 2011
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- RIA MS D ii 3: Cat. No. 1238 c. A.D. 792-803 Vellum: 15cm x 12cm 67 leaves (incomplete)
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The Irish language was the most widely used language in Ireland up to the mid-nineteenth century, and a very significant portion of the country’s manuscript heritage in the Irish language is preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy. From its establishment in 1785 the Academy Library...
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We are always interested to hear from you. If you have any suggestions for how we might improve our service in any aspect of our work please do contact us. All contact will be acknowledged.
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The Royal Irish Academy is open to the public. Access to our Library is strictly by appointment and details of opening hours can be found on the Library Booking page.
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Irish Studies in International Affairs has been published since 1979 as the leading Irish-based, peer-reviewed, journal in the discipline, with an increasing international reputation and circulation. Each issue includes contributions on a special theme and other original articles related to...
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Many Anglo-Norman boroughs were established in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries modelled on the chartered towns of England and continental Europe. They consisted of streets with burgage plots, street markets and town walls with gates.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 22 Longford by Sarah Gearty, Martin Morris and Fergus O'Ferrall was originally published in 2010.
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The Royal Irish Academy, in partnership with NUI Galway and supported by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has created a pop-up exhibition based on the book Judging Shaw by Fintan O’Toole to inspire fresh interest in Shaw’s life, work and legacy. We would like to...
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The Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) is a central component within the Humanities Serving Irish Society (HSIS) initiative. The DHO was established under auspices of the Royal Irish Academy to manage and coordinate the increasingly complex e-resources created in the arts and humanities. It...
THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.
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