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A gateway for future research in archaeology
Did you know that Ireland has the richest early medieval archaeological landscape in Europe, if not the world? Learn more in today’s episode of ‘Meet…
Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge
Welcome from the Grangegorman Histories working group chair
Grangegorman Histories is a public history project to assist the discovery, recording and commemoration of the eventful history of the Grangegorman area. The Foundation Document…
Grangegorman Histories
Launch of Grangegorman Histories
Grangegorman Histories, a public history project of Dublin City Council, Grangegorman Development Agency, Health Service Executive, Local Communities, National Archives, Royal Irish Academy and TU…
How linguistics can help the historian: Part VII
This instalment concludes the series, with an example of linguistics and archaeology working hand in glove to help date a recently discovered pair of Irish-language…
Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources
Report on historical mental health records seminar 16 May 2019
In May 2019, the Royal Irish Academy hosted a ground-breaking seminar on ‘Historical mental health records: the ethics of access and preservation policies’. This event…
How linguistics can help the historian: Part VI
This instalment outlines how we can scientifically retrieve the original pronunciation of ancient or medieval texts — even when the sounds of the letters are…
How linguistics can help the historian: Part V
This instalment looks at how a piece of Strasbourg language planning, having successfully averted war in Europe for a while, went on to affect the…
How linguistics can help the historian: Part IV
The fourth part of Dr Anthony Harvey’s weekly series, designed for a non-specialist readership. It’s not too late to catch up: the earlier parts are…
How linguistics can help the historian: Part III
The third part of our weekly series for an interdisciplinary, non-specialist readership, written by Dr Anthony Harvey, project editor at DMLCS.
How linguistics can help the historian: Part II
The DMLCS editor, Dr Anthony Harvey, continues his weekly series for an interdisciplinary, non-specialist readership.
How linguistics can help the historian: Part I
A weekly series for an interdisciplinary, non-specialist readership in which the editor of the Academy’s Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources outlines how insights…
Inside ‘A history of Ireland in 100 words’: Cláirseach
Ever heard of music bringing everything to life? In early Irish tales, it can – with a little help from the Otherworld. Read more in…