The Royal Irish Academy

ARINS: Police governance, oversight and accountability in a united Ireland

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Policing has been complicated and contentious on both sides of the island of Ireland. The prospect of a united Ireland raises profound and even jarrin...

ARINS: Lessons from the Dayton Peace Agreement

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Good Friday Agreement and the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina have often been compared as the two best-known and longest-lasting ...

From ‘Bridgets’ to business magnates: a celebration of 300 years of Irish women in America

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland's Ambassador to the United States, Daniel Mulhall, invites you to the American launch of 'Irish Lives in America' (Royal Irish Academy, 2021),...

ARINS: Implications for the Protection of Human Rights in a United Ireland

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of the many perspectives from which the pros and cons of a united Ireland can be weighed is that of human rights protection. In a united Ireland h...

Ireland 1922: Women in independence, partition and civil war

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join us on Brigid's Day to commemorate the Women of 1922, in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs. From the handover of Dublin Castle, ...

Shelfmarks: St Brigid's Day Special

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of Shelfmarks for St Brigid’s Day, in association with the Department of Foreign Affairs, podcaster-in Residence Zoë Comyn...

ARINS: The Centrality of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Brexit referendum precipitated an era of tension and distrust between the British and Irish governments. In this month's episode of the ARINS podc...

Wonder: digital space

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The sixth and final podcast in the series of the History of Emotions Podcasts 'From grief to wonder: Exploring emotions in Irish History' by Ciarán W...

Climate and Society in Ireland: Ep 4 | Graeme Warren

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this new series of four podcasts host Gill Plunkett explores the long view of climate change by interviewing the authors of 'Climate and Society in...

Climate and Society in Ireland: Ep 3 | Bruce Campbell and Francis Ludlow

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this new series of four podcasts host Gill Plunkett explores the long view of climate change by interviewing the authors of 'Climate and Society in...

Shelfmarks: Ep 6 | Neil Hegarty

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this final episode of Shelfmarks, Zoë explores the life and work of chemist Richard Kirwan (President of the RIA 1790-1812). Richard Kirwan is oft...

ARINS: let 'the people' decide

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Colin Harvey and Jennifer Kavanagh pick through the political uncertainties surrounding the anticipated referendums, north and south....

Climate and Society in Ireland: Ep 2 | Lucy Collins

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this new series of four podcasts host Gill Plunkett explores the long view of climate change by interviewing the authors of 'Climate and Society in...

Irish Lives in America: book launch and panel discussion

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

'Irish Lives in America', edited by Liz Evers and Niav Gallagher, documents fifty Irish people featured in the Dictionary of Irish Biography who made ...

Climate and Society in Ireland: Ep 1 | John Sweeney

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this new series of four podcasts host Gill Plunkett explores the long view of climate change by interviewing the authors of 'Climate and Society in...

Shelfmarks: Ep 5 | Siobhán Mannion

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 5 of Shelfmarks Zoë explores the myth of Cessair and Fintan mac Bochra from the Leabhar Gabhála (The Book of Invasions / The Book of the ...

An introduction to the podcast series

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Gill Plunkett introduces a new series of four podcasts exploring the long view of climate change by interviewing the authors of 'Climate and Soci...

Shelfmarks: Ep 4 | Manchán Magan

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Shelfmarks imaginary islands, real books and Manchán Magan on the magical in betweenness of Irish. The Royal Irish Academy holds the mo...

ARINS: Pulpit to Public

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Gladys Ganiel and Philip McDonagh discuss church leaders' contributions to public debates about a post-Brexit island. You can read G...

Shelfmarks: bonus episode | Conor W. O'Brien

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode of Shelfmarks, guest writer Conor W. O'Brien reads a short piece on the wolf in Ireland. Shelfmarks is a podcast by the Royal ...

Shelfmarks: Ep 3 | Jane Clarke

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Shelfmarks Zoë Comyns tries to get a sense of the immense work done by Robert Lloyd Praeger. From his early days in Co. Down, tramping t...

Shelfmarks: bonus episode | Niall Williams and Christine Breen

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode of Shelfmarks, Zoë Comyns chats to guest writers Niall and Christine about their own relationship with their garden and nature....

Shelfmarks: Ep 2 | Amanda Bell

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, podcaster-in-residence Zoë Comyns delves into the life of Cynthia Longfield and spends time with writer Amanda Bell in her Ma...

Grangegorman Histories: 'Timepiece'

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this Podcast, Megan Brien, historian of design and interior architecture, explores the history of the turret clock in the Clocktower building at Gr...

ARINS: What exactly is the Northern Ireland subvention?

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, John Doyle and John FitzGerald discuss the subject of the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland, which has been dominatin...

Shelfmarks: Ep 1 | Kerri ní Dochartaigh

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode of Shelfmarks Zoë Comyns looks at an expedition to Rockall off the north-east coast of Donegal funded by the Royal Irish Academ...

Shelfmarks: Culture Night Special

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Shelfmarks is a podcast by our podcaster-in-residence Zoë Comyns. Zoë has spent time looking through the collections and library holdings in the Aca...

ARINS: The Franchise in Irish Unification Referendums

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Christopher McCrudden and Oran Doyle explore the legal constraints or soft-law guidelines that are relevant to the franchise in the n...

Looking to the future with Professor Christine Loscher

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of this series, Professor of Immunology Christine Loscher discusses the vaccine rollout and answers questions on vaccines for tee...

Understanding human behaviour with Professor Pete Lunn

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Vaccine Questions Ep 7 behavioural economist, Professor Pete Lunn shares expert insights on how our behaviour impacts the spread of the COVI19 and ...

ARINS: Measuring Cross-Border Differences on the Island of Ireland

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Adele Bergin and Seamus McGuinness reflect on cross-border differences in living standards, opportunities and quality of life on the i...

Vaccine solidarity with Dr Siobhán O'Sullivan

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chief Bioethics Officer at the Department of Health, Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan talks about the difficult decisions officials and individuals must grapp...

ARINS: Cross-Border Cooperation Health in Ireland

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Deirdre Heenan and Anne Matthews delve into how cross-border cooperation relating to health between Ireland and Northern Ireland real...

ARINS: An Introduction to the Podcast Series

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast series host Rory Montgomery talks to ARINS authors about their analysis of the most significant questions of policy and public debate ...

Inoculation against misinformation with Professor Jane Suiter

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In episode five Dick chats to Professor Jane Suiter, Director of the Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society at DCU about what drives the sp...

Trust and reliability with Emer Cooke

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emer Cooke, Head of the European Medicines Agency explains its role in assessing and authorising COVID19 vaccines, and Dick asks why should we trust t...

Grief and Glasnevin

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The fifth in the series of the History of Emotions Podcasts 'From grief to wonder: Exploring emotions in Irish History' examines the intersection betw...

Belonging: feeling solidarity in the interwar world

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This the forth of six podcast explores revolutionary solidarity among Irish and other international radicals as a feeling of belonging: 'Belonging: f...

Anger and public space

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

History of Emotions Podcasts. No.3 in the Series 'From grief to wonder: Exploring emotions in Irish History' Illan works on questions of protest, pu...

Getting The Jab With Dr Lucy Jessop

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Lucy Jessop is Director of Public Health at the National Immunisation Office. In this episode she explains when, where and how people will get thei...

Detachment: The Bellfield Plantation

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This, the second of six podcasts deals with the emotion of detachment. 'Detachment: The Bellfield Plantation', Finola O'Kane Crimmins MRIA. Finola O’...

From grief to wonder: exploring emotions in Irish History

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The first podcast introducing the series is by Associate Professor Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide whose brief keynote provides an overview of t...

From grief to wonder: exploring emotions in Irish History: Introduction

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An introduction to the series. The first podcast introducing the series is by Associate Professor Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide whose brief ke...

Crunching the numbers with Professor Philip Nolan

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Philip Nolan explains the numbers we hear on the news and virologist Dr Gerald Barry answers your questions on vaccines. News coverage of t...

Academy Discourse Northern Ireland after Brexit

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to Members Fintan O'Toole and William Crawley who discussed the future of Northern Ireland in this conversation style Discourse sponsored by Ma...

COVID-19 vaccine safety with Luke O’Neill, MRIA

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke O'Neil, MRIA speaks to Dick Ahlstrom, in the first episode of our new Vaccine podcast series, about the first COVID-19 vaccine given on the Is...

Interview with John Martin, author Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with John Martin, author Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán. John commenced research on the atlas in 2012 and has ...

Digital Atlas of Dungarvan interview with Sarah Gearty on WLRFM

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Locations: WLRFM Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Sarah Gearty is interviewed by Damien Tiernan from WLRFM on the recent launch of the Digital Atl...

Royal Irish Academy Discourse: US Elections Panel Discussion

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Panel discussion on the topic of the US Elections chaired by broadcaster Áine Lawlor as part of the 2020-21 Discourse Series sponsored by Mason Hayes...

Church of Ireland: Disestablishment and beyond

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Conference produced in partnership with the Church of Ireland as part of the Church’s National Programme commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ...

Séamus Mág Uidhir and the Book(s) of Knockninny

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Nollaig Ó Muraíle, MRIA. First lecture in our series on The Books of Knockninny: the Maguires and their manuscripts ...

‘Me Guidhir Fhearmanach’ : text and context

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, DCU. The second lecture in our series on The Books of Knockninny: the Maguires and their manusc...

Philip Lane in conversation with Alan Barrett

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Philip Lane MRIA, European Central Bank in conversation with Alan Barrett MRIA, Director, ESRI. This interview style conversation explores the priori...

Royal Irish Academy Cunningham Medal

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Nicholas Canny MRIA, distinguished historian, received the RIA's premier award the Cunningham Medal on 28 January 2020. He is well known fo...

Reflections on the role of a Learned Academy

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to Professor Michael Peter Kennedy reflect on the role of a Learned Academy in the Royal Irish Academy Presidential Discourse. About the Disco...

Brendan O'Leary Hon. MRIA in conversation with Ben Lowry, Deputy Editor, News Letter

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brendan O’Leary Hon. MRIA discusses his latest three volume book 'A Treatise on Northern Ireland' with Ben Lowry, Deputy Editor, News Letter . Bren...

Genius Of The East? Moore's Orientalism

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Daniel Roberts, Queen’s University Belfast. The third lecture in our series on 'Discovering Thomas Moore.' This lec...

Re-imagining Moore

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Professor Harry White, MRIA, Professor of Music at University College Dublin. The first lecture in our series on 'Discove...

Sentiment and song in Moore's Irish melodies and Lalla Rookh

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Sarah McCleave, senior lecturer in the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen’s University Belfast. The four...

Thomas Moore In Paris

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Tríona O'Hanlon, violinist and musicologist. The second lecture in our series on 'Discovering Thomas Moore.' This le...

The politicization of the harp through Moore's Irish melodies

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Professor Úna Hunt, Professor of Music Performance Research at the TU Dublin Conservatory. The fifth lecture in our seri...

The Anatomy Of Memory

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday 28 November 2018 neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire discussed memory failure as part of her Discourse. Complaints of memory failure are among ...

A clean slate: the science of writing on slate in late medieval Ireland’

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Elizabeth FitzPatrick, School of Geography and Archaeology, NUI Galway and Professor Hugh Byrne, FOCAS Research Institute, TU Dublin. Revea...

‘A good vintage: early medieval grape pips from Kilkenny’

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Susan Lyons, Environmental Archaeological Consultant and Mr Cóilín Ó Drisceoil, Kilkenny Archaeology Revealing the past: archaeological excavati...

Feeding the poor: revealing relief food from dental calculus analyses in victims of the Irish Famine

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jonny Geber, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh Revealing the past: archaeological excavation and research in Ire...

Introduction to the morning session

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Doyle, Chair, Royal Irish Academy Standing Committee for Archaeology Revealing the past: archaeological excavation and research in Ireland' This b...

‘Down by the river: looking for early Mesolithic people at Hermitage, Co. Limerick’

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Tracy Collins, Aegis Archaeology Limited and Hermitage Archaeological Research Project Revealing the past: archaeological excavation and research i...

‘Ireland’s ice-age world revealed: new discoveries from Ballynamintra Cave, Co. Waterford’

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Richard Jennings, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Mr Cóilín Ó Drisceoil, Kilkenny Archaeology. Presentated by Dr Richard Jennings. Reve...

‘A medieval meeting place by the Boyne: excavation of a possible ferta at Dowth, Co. Meath’

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Clíodhna Ní Lionáin, Project Archaeologist, Devenish Lands at Dowth and Dr Stephen Davis, University College Dublin. Revealing the past: archaeo...

Introduction to Afternoon—session two

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Maeve Sikora, Vice-chair, Royal Irish Academy Standing Committee for Archaeology Revealing the past: archaeological excavation and research in Ireland...

‘Embracing the dead on Baltinglass Hill: a newly discovered palisade enclosure’

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Alan Hawkes, Consultant Archaeologist Revealing the past: archaeological excavation and research in Ireland' This biennial seminar was held on 10 O...

‘Prehistoric ritual practices revealed at the Newgrange Farm excavation, 2018’

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Geraldine Stout, National Monuments Service Revealing the past: archaeological excavation and research in Ireland' This biennial seminar was held o...

Ireland's decisive choice for Europe

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Brigid Laffan MRIA discusses how membership of the EU has become Ireland’s geopolitical anchor. About the discourse The texture of Irela...

How do we study bats and rats to find the secret of everlasting youth?

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Emma Teeling MRIA talks about her research into what bat genetics can teach us about human disease and aging. Living mammals (~5,400 species...

Personal Digital Archiving: Storing, Organising and Protecting Your Digital Content for the Future

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Public lecture by Sara Day Thomson of the Digital Preservation Coalition. This talk, co-organised by the Digital Repository of Ireland and the Nationa...

Rural Conversations Report Launch

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mr Michael Ring T.D., Minister for Rural and Community Development, launched the Rural Conversations report on Wednesday, 4 September 2019 at the Roya...

Count Paul Strzelecki and the Great Famine

18 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Professor Peter Gray, Queens University Belfast, and Assoc. Professor Emily Mark-FitzGerald, University College Dublin, A Library Lunchtime...

Nicola Sturgeon in Conversation with Dearbhail McDonald

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon participated in a wide-ranging discussion with journalist Dearbhail McDonald including a short Q&A session t...

Social Media And Democracy How Do We Balance Rights And Responsibilities

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This panel discussion took place on 1 May 2019 at the Royal Irish Academy. Panellists explored the challenges and opportunities that digital and soci...

Ties that endure - the lives and correspondence of three C18th sisters

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Gaye Ashford on three C18th sisters - Katherine Conolly, Jane Bonnell and Mary Jones. The fourth lecture in our series...

‘Who will ever say again that poetry does not pay?': the Yeats sisters and the Cuala Press

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Lucy Collins, School of English, Drama & Film, UCD. The third lecture in our series 'Sisters', celebrating sisterhood ...

‘A precious boon' in difficult times - Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and her sisters

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Margaret Ward, Honorary Senior Lecturer in History at Queen’s University, Belfast. The Second lecture in our series ...

The Shackleton sisters: Irish Quaker women c. 1750-1850

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Mary O'Dowd, MRIA, Queen's University of Belfast. The fifth lecture in our series 'Sisters' celebrating the lives and ...

'Two girls in silk kimonos': the Gore-Booth sisters, childhood and political development’

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Sonja Tiernan, Associate Professor of Modern History and Head of Department of History and Politics at Liverpool Hope ...

'Democracy, Truth and Trust in Europe'

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This Academy Discourse by Professor Michele Nicoletti, Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Trento, Italy and Former President of th...

Rural Conversation Podcast No. 3: 'Building vibrant and sustainable communities in rural Ireland'

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rural Conversation No. 3: 'Building vibrant and sustainable communities in rural Ireland’, the nal intheseriesofthreeRuralConversationswasheld on Th...

“A few trifling exceptions”: ignored texts in RIA MS 23 N 10

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Chantal Kobel is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Conference by the Royal Irish A...

The language of the Cín Dromma Snechtai texts

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr David Stifter is Professor of Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University. He is founder and editor of the interdisciplinary Celtic-studies journal...

The learned family of Ó Maoil Chonaire – the Connacht branch

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nollaig Ó Muraíle, MRIA, is a former senior lecturer in Irish at NUI Galway, and, prior to that, reader in Irish and Celtic Studies at Queen's Unive...

The manuscript in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Richard Sharpe, Hon. MRIA Based at the University of Oxford, Richard Sharpe has published extensively on a range of medieval topics – lives of...

RIA MS 23 N 10 and the transmission of the Ulster Cycle of Tales

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Ruairí Ó hUiginn MRIA is Director and Senior Professor in the School of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. He fo...

Wisdom literature in RIA MS 23 N 10

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Deborah Hayden is a Lecturer in the Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University, where she is currently also working as Principal Investigator...

“Though the hero was bloodied, he was not weak”: religious poetry and manuscript context

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Elizabeth Boyle is Head of the Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University. Her research centres on the religious, cultural and intellectual h...

“Feen- und Elfengeschichten” in Cín Dromma Snechtai

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

John Carey is Professor of Early and Medieval Irish at University College Cork. His most recent books, both published in 2018, are The Ever-New Tongue...

The Book of Ballycummin: books as objects in the sixteenth century

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Ralph lectures in medieval art in NYU Paris. Her research interests focus primarily on the patronage of art and architecture in medieval Ireland...

RIA MS 23 N 10 as a manuscript miscellany

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Murray is a Senior Lecturer in The Department of Early and Medieval Irish in University College Cork. His research interests include medieval Ir...

Legal texts in RIA MS 23 N 10

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Liam Breatnach, MRIA is a Senior Professor in the School of Celtic Studies and co-editor of the journal Ériu, published by the Royal Irish ...

“Queer” and “Grotesque”: RIA MS 23 N 10 and Irish orthography

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Mícheál Hoyne is Bergin Fellow in the School of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. He studied Modern Irish and History ...

Rural Conversation No. 2: ‘Enhancing social cohesion among communities in rural Ireland’

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rural Conversation No. 2: ‘Enhancing social cohesion among communities in rural Ireland’ was held on 28 February 2019. It was the second in this s...

Women In Goverment 4 Tanaisti In Converation

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday 12 December 2018 Discourse marking the centenary of the 1918 parliamentary elections when women voted and stood for election to parliament f...