Category: Publications

Open Call for Membership of the Editorial Board of ‘Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature’

Expressions of interest are invited to be submitted by 22 November 2024

Launch of vol 42 of the Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, dedicated to Professor Sevastopulo

On 28 August, the President of the Royal Irish Academy welcomed guests to a special reception at Academy House to launch volume 42 of the Irish…

Death in Irish prehistory awarded European Association of Archaeologists Book Prize 2024

Prize awarded to Gabriel Cooney MRIA at the 30th EAA Annual Conference in Rome on 28 August 

Launch of visitor’s guide to Knowth at Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre

The latest book in our collection of publications on the Knowth passage tomb cemetery was launched on 21 August

Launch of first national guidelines on Open Access publishing

The first national guidelines for Open Access publishing in Ireland were launched on 23 May 2024. The guidelines will provide practical support for Irish scholarly…

Launch of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 31 Cork/Corcaigh

The celebration of the launch of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 31 Cork/Corcaigh by H.B. Clarke and Máire Ní Laoi took place in Cork City Hall…

‘Making St Brigit real in the early middle ages’ by Elva Johnston

Brigit has been treated differently to Irish male saints, becoming a secondary character in her own biographies, reductively overshadowed by a barely attested goddess.

‘Asylum: Inside Grangegorman’ officially launched this week

Professor Brendan Kelly’s book was officially launched by Dr Stephanie O’Keefe (HSE) and Niall Breslin earlier this week in the Lower House in Grangegorman

Clare Island Survey research featured at the Venice Biennale

Ireland’s exhibition at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale was opened today by Minister Patrick O’Donovan, T.D. Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture,…

New deep sea octopus species found

Note: this text was originally published in the editorial of Biology and Environment, volume 123B, issue 1.

Webinar: Learning from national open access platforms

If you missed our Publish OA webinar, co-led by the RIA and TCD focusing on the founding and evolution of national open access (OA) platforms,…

Epilogue : Forgetting 1922

Read Guy Beiner’s essay on the forgotten legacy of 1922 on Century Ireland.