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Michel Déon (1919 –2016) is considered to have been one of the leading French writers of the 20th century and lived in Ireland from the 1970s until his death in 2016.
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The Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) Consultative Committee is charged with overseeing the work programme and ensuring deliverable milestones are met as well as delivering bi-annual reports to Management Board and an annual report to the Council of the RIA. External reviews will be...
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The original Vatican documents project presented an annotated catalogue of letters and other primary sources from early modern Europe and Africa, tracing the development of Vincent de Paul’s Congregation of the Mission over the course of the 17th century. The documents listed in this collection...
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Conference by the Royal Irish Academy Library in partnership with Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad (2019).
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The Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize, formally known as the Young Chemist Prize, was established at the Academy in 2000. Since its inauguration, the Royal Irish Academy works each year with the expert members of the Physical, Chemistry and Mathematical committee to select a...
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To complement the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Online series we are producing short essays by experts on particular town types.
The fifth in the series is on the Anglo-...
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Those successful for this grant scheme for 2021/2022 will be notified of the outcome via written letter. Following this, the drawdown process for the grant will commence.
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RIA MS 23 P 16: Cat. No. 1230
A.D. 1408-1411 Vellum: 40.5cm x 28cm 142 folios -
An important resource for Irish language publishing, the Academy Library caters for the Irish language in all formats.
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James Connolly (1868–1916) was born to Irish working-class parents in Edinburgh, Scotland. A socialist activist, theorist and polemicist in Dublin, Belfast and America, he was an ITGWU organiser, a founder of the Irish Labour Party, and prominent in the 1913 lockout. Commander of the Irish...
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This page contains a list of links to related online resources for Irish History.
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A seminar at the Royal Irish Academy, 21st November 2013
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The 2012 Hamilton Lecture, ‘'Silver lining, codes and clouds: Error-correcting codes, their asymptotic bounds, and Kolmogorov complexit', was delivered by ProfessorYuri Manin
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The Royal Irish Academy in association with Queen's University Belfast offers radiocarbon dating for up to twelve applicants per annum to be used for the purposes of archaeological research in Ireland. A minimum of two out of the twelve radiocarbon dates offered are exclusively allocated to...
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George Bernard Shaw was the most famous Irishman in the world for much of his life, yet, for many, he is now largely forgotten. If he’s remembered at all in popular culture, it’s as the author of the original play on which My Fair Lady was based, Pygmalion. Coordinated by the...
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A Library Lunchtime Lecture exploring the life of Count Strzelecki, a Polish humanitarian who saved over 200,000 children during the Great Irish Famine.
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A collection of Academy audio recordings in the field of science.
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The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) purchased a collection of 53 manuscripts in the Irish language from John O’Daly in March 1869 for £50. A few other manuscripts were acquired from him at other times. Some manuscripts formerly owned by him also came to the Academy with other collections.
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The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Strategic Plan 2019-2023 identified the establishment of an all-island interdisciplinary Young Academy as a key strategic priority. The YAI is targeted at scholars in the early stages of their career who have been selected for the...
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