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The artworks were commissioned as part of the Colm Cille 1500 commemoration and were received in Academy House today.
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Extension of daily opening hours.
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A history and descriptive catalogue of this unique collection is now available.
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The third conference in our series on major Gaelic medieval manuscripts explores the fourteenth-century Book of Uí Mhaine
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The Latest Library Blog post has been written by one of our international Readers, Irish-American printer, Jim Wilder.
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A word from the new Academy Librarian, Barbara McCormack.
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Latest Library Blog post. A behind the scenes look at the digitisation of the Cathach of St Colum Cille for Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) by Anne Marie O’Brien, DIAS.
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The Library is delighted to announce the second post in our UCD Student Blog Series. Amy Mitchell reports on the fascinating document she found while working on the collections.
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Lectures examining aspects of scholarship and intellectual life that helped shape cultural understandings of what it meant to be Irish in the early twentieth century.
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From the Reading Room: In the latest Library Blog post Archivist Karen de Lacey delves into the Nowlan archives.
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This month's blog post is dedicated to the generous funders of conservation work on the Book of Ballymote. Thank you!
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Library Blog post. Dr Bernadette Cunningham traces some of the Irish manuscripts seen by Edward Lhuyd, Welsh antiquary and lexicographer, in 1699 when he visited Arthur Brownlow of Lurgan, County Armagh.
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Join us on 4 October to learn about the Library's collections and collaborations.
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If you missed our Library lunchtime lecture commemorating the 100 year anniversary of Cynthia Longfield's adventure on the St George Expedition you can listen to it now.
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An essential resource for students and researchers of Irish history at all levels
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The Academy (including the Library) will be closed on Tuesday, 10 April to facilitate staff training. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Thank you to Nancy Hurrell, our guest writer for this month's Library Blog post.
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Latest Library Blog post. Assistant Librarian, Sophie Evans, shows us her favourite item from the Library's collections.
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The latest library guest blog by Dr David Brown, Senior Researcher for the Virtual Treasury of Ireland, looks at how the Royal Irish Academy Library is helping to replace historical records destroyed by fire in 1922.
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From Dublin Westward: Petrie, Clonmacnoise and Aran by Professor Tom Dunne
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From the Reading Room - Dr Bernadette Cunningham looks at an important chronicle of Irish history
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Three hundred years ago this month, Irish scribes were busy working on a new Irish manuscript. It was to be known as the Book of Knockninny.
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This month's Library Blog post looks at the Stowe Missal. Thank you to our guest writer Lars Nooij for bringing this wonderful manuscript to life.
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Latest Library Blog post. In February the Library participated in the Library Lovers Month social media campaign, here are the most popular activities and collections we highlighted.
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In this month’s Library blog, we are delighted to have an informative piece by Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin, Professor of Modern Irish at University College Cork (UCC). Pádraig is also Principal Investigator on the Inks and Skins Project and in this blog post he tells...
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