Blogs

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.…

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.

Documenting a conquest: The RIA copies of the ‘Books of Survey and Distribution’

For this month’s Library blog post, Dr John Gibney, Assistant Editor with the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series, looks at an…

Brehon law manuscripts reunited for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture

This month’s Library Blog post looks at the sixteenth-century Irish law manuscript from the Academy collection currently on display in Galway City Museum.

Printers’ devices from the Royal Irish Academy’s early print collections: Johannes Hamman.

This is the first in a series of posts exploring printers’ devices in the early printed books of the library’s collections.

A Harp made for the Bard of Erin – John Egan’s Enterprising Product Placement

Thank you to Nancy Hurrell, our guest writer for this month’s Library Blog post.

A King of Prussia, a Russian Grand Duke, an Indian Princess — and Thomas Moore — Ireland in Europe in 1821.

For this month’s Library blog post Librarian, Siobhán Fitzpatrick, takes a look at a very special new addition to our collections.

The mythical Island of Hy Brasil and the Book of O’Lees

This month’s Library blog post takes you on a journey to an enchanted island …