Miss Furey behind the bar, Moyvalley
Miss Furey behind the bar, Moyvalley, Co. Kildare, June 1963 Courtesy of NLI Flickr commons, reference ODEA 36/64. All rights reserved

A taste of nightlife in the DIB

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In this month’s blog, Turlough O’Riordan highlights some of the barmen, bouncers and impresarios who have enlivened Ireland’s nightlife. Read now

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OS200: Spotlight on the Ordnance Survey Memoirs

This blog is the third and final post in a series that marks 200 years since the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland.

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Dermot Moran MRIA, philosopher

Professor Moran approaches his research interests in Early Medieval philosophy and twentieth-century European philosophy, especially phenomenology, largely from a historical perspective, exploring how ideas arise…

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Race, crannogs and the end of empire: Lord Dunsany and the Harvard Irish Mission (1932–6)

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Cormac Ó Gráda MRIA, economic historian

Professor Ó Gráda’s solo and collaborative research over a long, and much-enjoyed, career as an economic historian has seen him engage with topics ranging from…

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