Blogs

‘The Glimpses Behind the Façade’ – Uncovering Identity in the Shadow of Trauma

By ARINS writers

GUBU – origins of the phrase

In our February blog, Turlough O’Riordan discusses the sequence of events that led to the resignation of attorney general Patrick Connolly in August 1982, and…

Book sales, brothers, and Bonaparte!

In our latest library blog, a recent donation with an intriguing inscription offers a window into the life of the Haliday family and their fascinating…

Ireland’s Victorian ‘great detectives’

In our first Dictionary of Irish Biography blog of 2024, Patrick Maume highlights some examples of Irish ‘great detectives’, elusive figures who have nevertheless become…

Celebrating Irish Language in the Archives of Charles Vallancey MRIA

In the fourth and final post from our UCD Student Blog Series Roisin Costello takes a glimpse into the archive collection of engineer, antiquarian and…

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 and the Irish government response

ARINS blog article by Diane Duggan, a barrister practising in Dublin and a member of the Bar of Ireland Human Rights Committee.

Grangegorman Lives: Richard Carmichael

Next up in our series of Grangegorman lives is Richard Carmichael, surgeon, teacher and medical reformer.

Missed Opportunities: The First Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ireland

ARINS article by Conor Browne