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‘Instituting Grangegorman’ podcast launches for Dublin Festival of History 2022
‘Instituting Grangegorman’ is the second in the Grangegorman Histories podcast series exploring the histories of the Grangegorman area of north, inner-city Dublin.
Grangegorman Histories
10 October 1922: The bishops condemn the republican campaign
Read Dáithí Ó Corráin’s essay on ‘Weaponising the Sacraments: The Roman Catholic Church and the Civil War’ on Century Ireland.
Publications
7 October 1922: The killing of teenagers Eamonn Hughes, Brendan Holohan and Joseph Rogers
Read Anne Dolan’s essay on “Trauma and the Legacy of Violence” on Century Ireland.
Building an ERA that fosters Academic Freedom and Excellence
In a new statement, the Royal Irish Academy as a member of the ALLEA European Research Area Working Group sets priorities for building a new…
Policy and International Relations
Dictionary of Irish Biography adds 41 new entries
The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) has published 41 new entries, with a mixture of contemporary figures and ‘missing persons’ – interesting older figures who…
Dictionary of Irish Biography
22 September 1922: The publication of Liam Mellows’s ‘Notes from Mountjoy’
Read Gavin Foster’s essay on “Class, Social Revolution and Republicanism in the Civil War” on Century Ireland.
Sally Hayden wins 2022 Michel Déon Prize
Today Sally Hayden was announced as the winner of the prestigious 2022 Royal Irish Academy Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction for her debut book My…
Grants, Prizes and Awards
Watchback Discourse Series | 100 years on: Ireland; Finland; New Zealand; Poland – A comparative history
Watch the recording of this comparative panel discussion chaired by Robert Gerwarth MRIA, with Professor Charlotte Macdonald (New Zealand), Dr Jochen Böhler (Poland), Professor Marjaana…
Public Engagement
12 September 1922: The Dáil debates unemployment
Read Jason Knirck’s essay on financing the Irish State on Century Ireland.
Celebration of the New Survey of Clare Island
On Saturday 3 September, up to 90 guests attended an afternoon of events on Clare Island to celebrate the New Survey of CIare Island series.
New Survey of Clare Island
The completion of the New Survey of Clare Island
John Feehan reflects on the impact of the Clare Island surveys
26 August 1922: The killing of Seán Coyle and Alf Colley
Read Brian Hanley’s essay on State Terror on Century Ireland.