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Planning your visit

Find out all you need to know before visiting our library.

Exhibitions and Events

Exhibitions, lectures and events highlighting the library’s rich collections of books, prints, drawings and manuscripts.

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Explore our Collections

Discover our unique and distinct historically rich manuscript, archival, photograph and print collections.

Library News

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Máistir-rang do mhic léinn iarchéime le Fionntán de Brún

Ar an 24 Feabhra 2024, tháinig mic léinn iarchéime ó gach cearn den tír chuig Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann le haghaidh máistir-rang a d’eagraigh Coiste…

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Launch of new Library catalogue

To make the Library’s unique and distinct collections more accessible and searchable, we have moved our existing catalogue records to a new Library catalogue

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Artworks to mark the feast of Colm Cille

The artworks were commissioned as part of the Colm Cille 1500 commemoration and were received in Academy House today.

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7 new artworks to celebrate Colm Cille’s 1500th anniversary

The commissions are in the visual arts, music and literature and have been commissioned by the RIA with the support of the Department of Foreign…

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Irish History Online (IHO)

A comprehensive source for all recent publications relating to Irish history

 

 

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Aon amharc ar Éirinn: Gaelic families and their manuscripts

A new online exhibition exploring the themes of memory and narrative of Irish history.

Library Blog

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OS200: Spotlight on the Ordnance Survey Letters

This blog is the second in a series that marks 200 years since the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland.

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Leather bound volumes shelved in a map case with county names embossed on the spines.

OS200: Spotlight on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps

This blog is the first in a series that marks 200 years since the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland.

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Collage composed of a golden eagle feather with a handwritten label attached and an addressed lavender-coloured envelope.

The Birds of Ireland

For this instalment of the Library blog, we are introducing the Ussher Bird Notes Collection and are sharing some very exciting news with our readers…

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Cynthia Longfield and the St George expedition

This blog marks the centenary of Cynthia Longfield’s adventure on the 1924 St George scientific expedition.

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Contact the library

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