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The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) has created a new resource for Leaving Cert history students comprised of forty biographies of major Irish figures from Daniel O'Connell to Seamus Heaney.
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First launched in 2009, the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) has moved to an ‘open access’ model making its entire corpus of nearly 11,000 biographical entries freely available to all users for the first time at www.dib.ie .
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This teaching resource for second-level history, based on the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) series, uses original documents to explore Ireland's experience of the Second World War; the 'Emergency'.
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Town and Country: perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas had record numbers in attendance
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These teaching resources have been designed to be both stimulating to students and integral to the relevant school curriculum.
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For the first time since 2019, the annual Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) meeting was held in Academy House, as well as a first hybrid event. Ten years on from Reading the maps publication, speakers were selected from various fields, archaeology, architecture, teaching etc. that...
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These teacher-written activities cover each of the five volumes, spanning from the early middle ages to the end of the last century.
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On the evening of the Summer Solstice, volume 7 of the Excavation at Knowth series was launched by the Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan T.D., at the Knowth Visitor Centre.
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Lesson plans based on our award-winning book for history teachers to use at Junior and Leaving Certificate levels.
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Join us on 4 October to learn more about our research projects, library and publications
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The Royal Irish Academy has developed teaching material that is of use in the classroom. Designed to be both stimulating to students and integral to the relevant school curriculum, the goal is to motivate and inspire primary, second level and third level students on the...
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Covering key themes in the history of the Irish revolution, these resources will provide supplemental material for teachers preparing for Leaving Certificate and A Level exams.
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After the book and the exhibition, we're now working on educational resources based around extracts from tales, poetry and historical texts composed in the Middle Ages.
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In the Royal Irish Academy's educational resources series , Ruth McManus (Dublin City University) discusses how the printed Irish Historic Towns Atlas and IHTA Online can be used in third-level geography.
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In the Royal Irish Academy's educational resources series , Rachel Murphy (University of Limerick) discusses how GIS and the IHTA can be used in third-level history.
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RIA author Máire Ní Mhaonaigh on how to inspire pupils with stories of women in Medieval Ireland, of the Otherworld and Viking names.
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