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1916 Print Series - Countess Constance Markievicz
Prints by David Rooney
Countess Constance Markievicz (1868–1927), was born in London, the daughter of Sir Henry Gore-Booth of Lissadell, Co. Sligo. Breaking with her Ascendancy background, she joined Sinn Féin and Inghinidhe na hÉireann,...
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In this podcast Michael MacDonagh talks of the opportunities and challenges of preserving Ireland’s past and managing our archaeological heritage.
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The winner of the inaugural Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction is Breandán Mac Suibhne for his book The End of Outrage: Post-Famine Adjustment in Rural Ireland
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Thomas Kent (1865–1916), from a farming family near Fermoy, Co. Cork, was involved in land agitation, the Gaelic League, and the Irish Volunteers. In May 1916 he and other family members fought a gun battle with police and military besieging their home, in which a police constable was killed....
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Our March exhibition co-curated with the NAI looks at St Patrick's Day, 1962, in what was then Ireland's only embassy in Africa
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Dr Rhona Mahony delivered the second in our 2019 Women in Leadership Masterclass series, inspiring the next generation of female leaders
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Fostering Research in Ireland
Fostering Research in Europe, viewed from the European Research Council with Ireland in mind.
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Our May exhibition co-curated with the National Archives of Ireland looks at the history of Iveagh House, the home of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Traditionally Irish Historic Towns Atlases (IHTA) have been available in printed format only, with CD-ROMs included from no. 19 (Dublin, part II, 1610 to 1756). Digital editions of selected atlases are now available to explore online, free of charge.
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Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 11 Dublin, part I, to 1610 by H.B. Clarke was originally published in 2002.
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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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Noel Lowndes
Elected member, EMBO (2003). Professor, Biochemistry (NUIG); Director, Genome Stability cluster, (NUIG 2001-08); Director, Centre for Chromosome Biology (NUIG, 2008-present). Chair, EMBO Global Investigator Network (Heidelberg, 2020-present); Research Quality Assessor, Department of Biology, Copenhagen (2018);... -
Frank Cullen's sold out publication focusing on The Ordnance Survey’s large-scale town plans for Dublin (1847) has been reprinted
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Profile of the Social Sciences in Ireland
Report form the RIA Committee for Socieal Sciences on the work being carried out in Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Ireland.
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If you missed our Thomas Moore Exhibition, 17 June- 28 February 2020, you can listen back to the accompanying lectures and blog post on our exhibition page
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Mar chuid den obair leanúnach ar an chorpas stairiúil a réiteach, bíonn deis ag foireann an Fhoclóra fochorpais a chur ar fáil ar líne, a thugann ardán faoi leith do thréimhseacháin, údair, nó do thacar saindírithe téacsanna a mbeidh spéis ag an bpobal iontu. Tógann seo ar oidhreacht fhoilsithe...
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To celebrate the publication of Renaissance Galway: delineating the seventeenth-century city by Paul Walsh , we publish the DIB entry on Walter Lynch, by Terry Clavin, below. A vicar of St Nicholas's collegiate church, following his appointment as bishop of Clonfert in 1647 Lynch was...
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Have any stories of successful PRTLI projects or graduates from the Atlantic funding period? DRI oral historian Bláithín Ní Chatháin would like your help with the ongoing research.
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‘Suigh síos agus déan do chuairt. Is iomaí lá sa reilig orainn...’
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