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New lives added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online
The June 2016 supplement has been added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) online. Consisting of 41 lives, most of whom died in the…
Dictionary of Irish Biography
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Tony O’Malley
This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks features Tony O’Malley’s Self Portrait, 1989.
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Pentecost by Stewart Parker
This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is Stewart Parker’s Pentecost, first performed in 1987.
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Bligeard Sráide by Michael Davitt
This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is Bligeard Sraide published in 1983 by Michael Davitt, which established Davitt as one of the most innovative…
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Jim Larkin Statue on O’Connell Street
Jim Larkin Statue, O’Connell Street Dublin by Oisín Kelly, 1978
Seventy-five ‘missing persons’ added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online.
A range of lives feature in the December 2015 ‘missing persons’ update – comprising persons omitted from the 2009 first edition – added to the…
Dublin Rising 1916-2016
Academy partners with Google to launch virtual tour.
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Eoghan Ó Tuairisc
Dé Luain By Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, 1966
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: John McGahern
The Barracks, by John McGahern, 1963
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Ár Ré Dhearóil, by Máirtín Ó Direáin
Ár Ré Dhearóil, by Máirtín Ó Direáin
Seamus Heaney on the DIB
Address by Seamus Heaney at the launch in Belfast on 16 December 2009 of the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of Irish Biography (9 vols and…
DIFP IX is launched by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
On 5 November we received the first copies of DIFP IX and through the month we set in place and rolled out a major publicity…
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy