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RIA MS D ii 1: Cat. no. 1225. c. A.D. 1394. Vellum: 44cm x 27cm. 157 folios (4 additional folios are in British Library, MS Egerton 90, ff 17 – 20)
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Constructing an interactive network graph of early modern Ireland
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To commemorate the twenty-year anniversary of the documentary States of fear , which exposed endemic sexual, physical and psychological abuse in Ireland's industrial schools system, the Dictionary publishes an abridged version of its new entry for producer Mary Raftery (1957–2012) by Liz Evers.
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For a bird’s eye view of life at court and on a Russian country estate, and for records of society in France, Italy and Russia in the early 19th century, the Wilmot-Dashkova papers are a mine of information.
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The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) in the Central Border Area: From Treaty to Civil War
The research question for this project was quite simple: who were the USC personnel that policed the central border area in the first six months of 1922 and what role did they play?
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The inaugural Scientist and Oireachtas Member Pairing Scheme was launched by Minister Joe McHugh in Academy House on Tuesday 26th of May, 2015. The scheme, which ran for six months (May-November 2015), was a collaborative project between the RIA and the Houses of the Oireachtas and involved...
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The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) has launched our first collection of Member Case Studies!
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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, a world leading scholar and practitioner in fields of law, political science and public policy, was admitted as an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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Everyone is most welcome to visit the Academy. We always welcome new readers to the library. Why not visit our current exhibition? Or why not attend one of the Academy's many lectures or conferences? It's also possible to drop in and visit Academy House. We are open to visitors Monday to Friday...
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Ann Martin Graybiel
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To mark the anniversary of Maria Edgeworth's death in 1849, we have posted the DIB entry of one of Ireland's greatest writers, by Edwina Keown.
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Jonathan is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests include the application of analytic pragmatic philosophy to historical thought and to law, with associated work in the history of historiography and in...
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The following is a FAQ to provide more detail about DHO: Discovery.
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Annual Review 2009-2010
The Royal Irish Academy's annual review for 2009-2010.
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The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to open applications for the Nowlan Digitisation Grants until Thursday, 11 April 2024.
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To mark Pride 2019 we are publishing our recent entry on celebrated musician and activist Philip Chevron (1957–2013), writer of the heartfelt 'Under Clery's clock' about his experience as a gay man in 1980s Dublin.
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In early June Kate and Michael finished the mammoth task of checking the text of DIFP IX by reading out loud the typescript of our new volume against the original documents. This is in-depth and rigorous work - we have been at it since February,...
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No editorial corrections of personal names have been made, although the modern form of geographic locations has been utilised.
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John Rocque Bookmarks
Three bookmarks with three designs show details of the curving streets of Dublin city and sailboats in the River Liffey from the magnificent hand-drawn 'Map of Dublin' by John Rocque, drawn in 1773 with later...
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If you missed our half-day event celebrating the cultural and linguistic diversity of Ulster you can watch it now.
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