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IHTA towns of Early Modern, Gaelic and Plantation origins are now available online

Bandon, Belfast, part I to 1840, Derry~Londonderry, Longford and Ennis are now freely available to search or download.

IHTA towns of Anglo-Norman origin now available online

Athlone, Carlingford, Carrickfergus, Fethard, Kilkenny, Mullingar, Sligo and Trim are freely availble to search or download.

IHTA Towns in the eighteenth century now available online

Irish Historic Towns Atlases of Maynooth, Dundalk and Dublin, part II, 1610 to 1756 are now freely available to search or download.

IHTA Author, Rob Goodbody, Receives Industrial Heritage Association Of Ireland Award

Dublin, part III author, Rob Goodbody, recognised by the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland for his work on Dublin.

Young Academy Ireland (YAI) Induction Day

The President of the Royal Irish Academy, Pat Guiry welcomed the first cohort of Young Academy Ireland members to the Royal Irish Academy on Tuesday,…

Clare Island Survey research featured at the Venice Biennale

Ireland’s exhibition at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale was opened today by Minister Patrick O’Donovan, T.D. Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture,…

Ireland’s construction industry, education, research and training sectors are urged to work together to plan future of delivery of construction needs

A report released today by the Royal Irish Academy and the Construction Industry Federation contains recommendations for the construction industry, education and training, and research…

New deep sea octopus species found

Note: this text was originally published in the editorial of Biology and Environment, volume 123B, issue 1.

Watchback Discourse Series | Post-pandemic reflections on the human thirst for knowledge and its value and utility

Watch the recording of the Discourse delivered by Philip Nolan MRIA with Hannah McGee MRIA as respondent, that took place on 10 May 2023.

Webinar: Learning from national open access platforms

If you missed our Publish OA webinar, co-led by the RIA and TCD focusing on the founding and evolution of national open access (OA) platforms,…

PCMS submission to consultation on state supports for PhDs

The Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences submitted a response to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science consultation on State supports…

DIB publishes diverse mix of new entries April 2023

This April the Dictionary of Irish Biography is publishing 40 new entries, including a mix of contemporary figures, ‘missing persons’, specially commissioned biographies for our…