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This lecture series accompanies the Library's exhibition Discovering Thomas Moore: Ireland in nineteenth-century Europe
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Latest Library Blog post. Emer Twomey looks at the celebrations in the RIA to mark the 100th anniversary of Boole’s The Laws of Thought.
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New images from the Royal Irish Academy Library’s Beranger collection of eighteenth-century watercolour drawings are now preserved digitally.
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The Library's exhibition 'Views of Dublin: original watercolours by George Petrie, MRIA, 1790-1866' may have ended but you can now view it online.
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Listen back to lectures by Dr Barry Montgomery and Dr Rióna Ní Fhrighil on Jews and Jewishness in Irish literature
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This month's Blog post looks at the Book of Ballycummin, the subject of our 4th Irish Manuscripts Conference taking place 7-8 March.
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In this month's Library Blog post Dr. Ciaran McDonough looks at the James Hardiman papers and how letters can be so valuable when writing historical biographies.
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In our latest Library Blog post guest blogger Deborah Hayden, Department of Early Irish, Maynooth University takes a fascinating look at the Irish language writing system of Ogam in the manuscripts of the RIA library.
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In our latest Library blog, we feature the third post in our UCD Student Blog Series. Chloe Stapleton will transport you back to Dublin in 1705 when the presumed lost ship ‘The Ouzel Galley’ sailed back home the river Liffey with a vessel full of...
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Take a tour of the main public rooms and Library of Academy House on Dawson Street, using Google's Street View technology
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In memoriam Francis Ledwidge, 1887-1917. The latest Library blog post, written by Siobhán Fitzpatrick.
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In this month's Library blog post Harry White, MRIA, Professor of Music, University College Dublin, takes a look at our current exhibition Discovering Thomas Moore: Ireland in nineteenth-century Europe.
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The Library would like to know your thoughts on its collections, services, facilities and events.
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Sisters II continues the celebration of sisterhood by exploring the lives and achievements of another four families of sisters who made their mark on Irish life. If you missed any of the lectures you can listen to them now.
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Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, T.D. to officially launch the CONUL Strategy 2016–2019 on Tuesday 22 November
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First in our Blog post series on five Honorary Members featured in our exhibition 'Prodigies of learning: Academy women in the nineteenth century.' This month we look at Caroline Herschel.
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Wishing all our members and friends a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
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We are very pleased to announce the re-opening of the Academy Library following our annual stock-taking on a limited basis from Wednesday, 1 September 2021 from 10.00-13:00, 14:00-16:00.
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Listen to talks given during The Leabhar Breach conference which explored the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac, this most impressive example of a predominantly religious manuscript compilation in the Irish vernacular.
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From the Reading Room - A welcome from Academy Librarian Siobhán Fitzpatrick.
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From Dublin Castle to the Academy Library - Sophie Evans explores the curious journey of the Secret Service Money Book, part of the Library's exhibition ' Dublin Documents '
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Listen back to our lunchtime lecture series celebrating sisterhood and specifically the lives and achievements of five families of sisters who made their mark on Irish life.
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The Library holds one of the earliest known copies of Keating’s Foras feasa ar Éirinn . This 17th-century manuscript is now available to view in full via Irish Script On Screen.
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In our latest Library Blog post we sail away to Antarctica with Tom Crean in a post co-authored by RIA Deputy Librarian Meadhbh Murphy and author Tim Foley.
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Season's Greetings to all our members and friends!
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