Category: Research Programmes

Inside ‘A history of Ireland in 100 words’: Cróga

Why does this Cú Chulainn have apples spiked on his hair? Find out in today’s entry on bravery, bloodiness and the infamous ‘warp spasm’!

New DIFP exhibition in National Archives of Ireland: Ireland joins the UN, December 1955

Our December exhibition co-curated with the National Archives of Ireland looks at Ireland’s accession to the United Nations in December 1955

Halloween special: ominous birds and banshees

Discover the origins of the word ‘badhbh’ in our book A history of Ireland in 100 words

New exhibition on Joseph Walshe (1886-1956): the founding father of the Irish foreign service

The second of the monthly exhibitions we are co-curating with the National Archives of Ireland  deals with the lengthy career of the founding father of the Irish…

Thirty-eight new lives just added to the DIB online

Thirty-eight new lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online in June 2018, our seventeenth online update.

DIFP X (1951-7)

Launched by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charles Flanagan TD

New lives added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography – Mick Lally

One of the 41 new lives added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online in June 2016.

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…

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