Blogs

Drought: a risk being overlooked in Ireland?

The year 2018 revealed the vulnerabilities of Irish society to drought across multiple sectors, particularly water supply, agriculture and ecology. Now, in the midst of…

Bringing the Stowe Missal to life

This month’s Library Blog post looks at the Stowe Missal. Thank you to our guest writer Lars Nooij for bringing this wonderful manuscript to life.

Climate, food and health: Critical policy choices in the post-Covid 19 world

Charting an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will involve difficult choices and trade-offs. Finding the right balance between measures to kick start the economy…

Acht ós cinneamhaint dom imtheacht ‘mo dhíorfach… (Since I am fated to become a hermit…)

Dr Charles Dillon of the Academy’s Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge considers hermits, hermitage and the lonely life as manifested in Irish literature and language over…

Paula J. Reimer MRIA: Radiocarbon Expert

Professor Reimer’s expertise is in Radiocarbon dating, determining the age of an object that contains organic material.

Memories, manuscripts and medieval ink

Library Blog post. After a visit to the Library last year, Kathleen Reen was inspired to learn more about how the old scribes made ink.…

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. VIII (1945–1948) now free to access online

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. VIII (1945–1948), originally published in 2012, is now available online in open-access format. Originally scheduled for release on our…

The First Seanad Éireann, women and the Senate Casket — Irishwomen appeal to a spirit of patriotism.

This month’s Library Blog post by Academy Librarian, Siobhán Fitzpatrick.