Blogs

‘The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives’: National Archives’ centenary exhibition in partnership with RIA, OPW and NLI due to open on 7 December 2021

The RIA’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) project has been centrally involved in developing the National Archives’ forthcoming exhibition marking the centenary of the…

Reconstructing hydrological drought in Irish catchments (1850–2015)

In today’s blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Simon Noone and Conor Murphy provide a first attempt to reconstruct historical river flows to examine…

Seeing the natural world: Comhbhá an Dúlra

In today’s blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Máire Ní Annracháin examines the ecocritical spirit of modern Gaelic poetry.

Helene McNulty MRIA: Human nutritionist

Professor McNulty’s research programme aims to provide greater understanding of nutrition-related health issues throughout the lifecycle, and to contribute to food and health policy in…

Poetry and climate change in Ireland 1600–1820

In today’s blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Lucy Collins explores what poetry reveals about the evolving relationship between humans and their environment.

Climate, weather and society in Ireland in the long eighteenth century

In today’s blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, James Kelly describes the experience of the later phases of the Little Ice Age.

Climate, weather and social change in seventeenth-century Ireland

In today’s blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Raymond Gillespie focuses on how local societies reacted to the changing weather patterns and adapted to…

Climate, disease and society in late-medieval Ireland

In today’s blog on Climate and Society in Ireland, Bruce Campbell and Francis Ludlow reflect on climate change as a major but neglected grand theme…