The Royal Irish Academy

Recent insights into how the Earth works: embracing uncertainty

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Discourse with Professor Chris Bean in which he discusses predictability and uncertainty in forecasting volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides. ...

Securing Connected Devices: An Arms Race

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday 7 November 2018 This Academy Discourse by Professor Máire O'Neill, Queen's University Belfast, is the eighth in the series sponsored by Ma...

'The Irish dimension to British history: from the Act of Union to Brexit'

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Academy Discourse Series sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran Tuesday 15 January 2019, Academy House Sir David Cannadine, President of the British Academ...

RJ Hunter Fellowship Event

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

R. J. Hunter was a highly respected (and much loved) historian of the Ulster plantation, who spent the bulk of his academic career teaching at the Uni...

Women Writing Ireland

22 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A panel discussion with four Irish women writers to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Maria (1768–1849), held in Academy House on Thur...

Rural Conversation No. 1: 'Delivering economic development in rural Ireland'

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A recording of a rural stakeholder event on economic development in rural Ireland, hosted by NUIG on 8 November 2018 as part of a series of three rura...

Margaret Stokes (1832-1900): Antiquarian, Artist, Writer – Pioneer

30 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Marie Bourke, former Keeper-Head of Education at the National Gallery of Ireland. The fourth lecture in our series 'P...

Maria Edgeworth's Measured Prose

23 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Professor Claire Connolly, Professor of Modern English at University College Cork. The third lecture in our series 'Prodi...

‘A Woman in an August Sanctuary': Princess Ekaterina Dashkova, Director of the Russian Academies

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Angela Byrne, DFAT Historian-in-Residence at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. The second lecture in our series 'Prodi...

Placing Value On Our Past Managing Ireland’s Archaeology Michael MacDonagh

13 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Michael MacDonagh is Chief Archaeologist in the National Monuments Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. In this podcast h...

Digital Cultural Heritage – Dr Natalie Harrower

13 Nov 2018

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Dr Natalie Harrower is the Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland. In this podcast she talks about the challenges of preserving heritage that i...

‘Learned societies and the problem of women’

12 Nov 2018

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Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Clare O'Halloran, lecturer in History at University College Cork. The first lecture in our series 'Prodigies of learni...

The Accidental Oral Historian - Katherine O'Donnell

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Katherine O'Donnell, director of an Irish Research Council project on recording the archival and oral history of the Irish Magdalenes, reveals how she...

Northern Ireland, Heritage And Memory Dealing With The Troubling Remnants Of Conflict...

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

...In A Volatile State - Laura McAtackney This podcast aims to re-focus our attention away from the personal narratives of oral testimonies as well a...

14 Henrietta Street – the making of a museum - Charles Duggan

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

From splendid Georgian beginnings to squalid tenement dwellings, the 14 Henrietta street museum seeks to interpret and exhibit Dublin’s rich and che...

In time of inquisition: preserving and using the archives of the Irish Catholic Church

11 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

John McCafferty, UCD discusses the importance of the archives of Catholic religious congregations and dioceses for writing the history of Ireland. I...

National Libraries As Memory Keepers - Dr. Sandra Collins, National Library of Ireland

11 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sandra Collins, Director of the National Library of Ireland, discusses how national libraries are memory keepers for their countries, collecting a...

Is contemporary collecting a risky business? Current practice and future questions...

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

... at the National Museum of Ireland A crucial element of the museum is the human connection it offers. For both visitors and researchers, the museu...

Françoise Henry at UCD: Towards a history of Art History in Ireland

10 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A Royal Irish Academy Library Lunchtime Lecture on archaeologist and Irish art historian Françoise Henry, MRIA. Speaker: Dr Eileen Kane Born in Dubl...

Gene Editing: Technologies, Potential and Ethical Implications

02 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On Thursday 26 April 2018, the Royal Irish Academy Life and Medical Sciences Committee presented a one-day conference addressing the wide-ranging impl...

Finding medication: River Blindness, ivermectin and beyond

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Academy Discourse by Professor William C. Campbell, Hon. MRIA is the third in the series sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran. Ivermectin is a medication...

Academy Discourse by Mary McAleese

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Mary McAleese MRIA, former President of Ireland, delivered a discourse entitled ‘The Holy See and the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of ...

Will the Post Brexit EU be Different? Catherine Day, MRIA

30 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Catherine Day, MRIA and former Secretary General of the EU Commission, examines and contextualises the landscape of Post Brexit EU. The Academy discou...

‘Causes and consequences of obesity; lessons from human genetics’

08 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Abstract The recent increase in the proportion of the population with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes is a matter of great concern for global public h...

Sunningdale: the search for peace in Northern Ireland

13 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Panel discussion featuring Noel Dorr, author of 'Sunningdale: the search for peace in Norther Ireland', with Seamus Mallon and chaired by Marie Colema...

Women in the writings of Jonathan Swift

19 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Aileen Douglas, School of English, TCD. The third lecture in our series commemorating the 350th anniversary of Jonatha...

Swift's Dublin

19 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Professor David Dickson, MRIA, Department of Modern History, TCD. The second lecture in our series commemorating the 350t...

Swift and books

19 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Professor Andrew Carpenter, MRIA, Emeritus Professor of English, UCD. The first lecture in our series commemorating the 3...

A life of two exiles: Wacław Tadeusz Dobrzyński (1883-1962)

11 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Lunchtime Lecture to accompany the Polish Embassy's exhibition on the life and career of Consul-General Wacław Tadeusz Dobrzyński. Speaker: Ian Can...

The origins and later history of the Book of Uí Mhaine

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Dr Bernadette Cunningham, Deputy Librarian, Royal Irish Academy. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late m...

Auraicept na nÉces and the study of language in the Book of Uí Mhaine

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Deborah Hayden, MU. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, scope and extent, t...

The poetry of measured time: verses on world-kingship & their international context

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Michael Clarke NUIG. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, scope and extent, ...

Middle Eastern history in the Book of Uí Mhaine

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Elizabeth Boyle, Maynooth University. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, s...

The illumination in the Book of Uí Mhaine

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Karen Ralph, New York University's Paris Centre. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. ...

Metrical tracts in the Book of Uí Mhaine

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Liam Breatnach, MRIA. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, scope and extent,...

The Dinnsheanchas text in the Book of Uí Mhaine

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, DIAS. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, scope and...

Classical Modern Irish poems on the Í Cheallaigh

24 Mar 2017

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Speaker: Mícheál Hoyne, DIAS. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, scope and extent...

Some of those associated with the Book of Uí Mhaine, c. 1390-1690

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Nollaig Ó Muraíle, MRIA. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, scope and ex...

The Book of Uí Mhaine and the transmission of poetry

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Pádraig Ó Macháin, UCC. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, scope and ex...

Heroes and ancestors in the Book of Uí Mhaine

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Ruairí Ó hUiginn, MRIA. The Book of Uí Mhaine is one of the most important manuscripts of late medieval Ireland. Its size, scope and ext...

Charitable property: the manuscripts of St Anne's Guild, Dublin

08 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Professor Colm Lennon Library Lunchtime Lecture on the manuscripts of the Guild of St Anne, part of the Haliday Collection held at the Royal...

Show me your data, and I'll tell you who you are

02 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Lecture by the Engineering and Computer Science Speaker 2016-2017, Dr Brian MacNamee, University College Dublin The aim of the series is to promote t...

Alan Hollinghurst in conversation with Carlo Gébler on Henry James as critic

23 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion on Henry James as critic by Man Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst in conversation with Carlo Gébler. About the speakers Alan Holling...

Representations of Jews in twentieth-century Gaelic literature

03 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Rióna Ní Fhrighil, lecturer in Modern Irish at NUI Galway. Second lecture in the series examining the Representations o...

Representations of Jews in Irish literature (1590-1922)

03 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Barry Montgomery, Research Associate in Irish-Jewish Literature at the Ulster University. The first lecture in a serie...

The Invention of Journalism

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Andrew Pettegree Long before journalism had a name, Europe had a fully operative commercial news market, and newsmen had their own strongly ...

Hugh O'Neill and the earl of Essex

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Professor Ciarán Brady, MRIA Fostered in the Pale after his father’s murder on Shane O’Neill’s orders, Hugh O’Neill, c. 1550-1616, ...

“Ourselves alone”: winning and losing in 1598

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Dr Hiram Morgan Fostered in the Pale after his father’s murder on Shane O’Neill’s orders, Hugh O’Neill, c. 1550-1616, 2nd earl of Ty...

Hugh O'Neill and his Gaelic cultural context

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Dr Marc Caball Fostered in the Pale after his father’s murder on Shane O’Neill’s orders, Hugh O’Neill, c. 1550-1616, 2nd earl of Tyr...

Hugh O'Neill and the War in the Pale

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Dr Ruth A. Canning Fostered in the Pale after his father’s murder on Shane O’Neill’s orders, Hugh O’Neill, c. 1550-1616, 2nd earl of ...

The several faces of Hugh O'Neill

15 Dec 2016

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Speaker: Professor Nicholas Canny, MRIA Royal Irish Academy Library Seminar In association with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and...

The shrine of St Caillín of Fenagh and its place in Irish late medieval art

13 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Paul Mullarkey, National Museum of Ireland. Second lecture in a series on topics related to the Book of Fenagh exhibit...

St Caillín and the Book of Fenagh, 1516-2016

13 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Pádraig Ó Riain, MRIA, Professor Emeritus, UCC. First lecture in a series on topics related to the Book of Fenagh ex...

From medieval text to mobile: folk medicine in Irish tradition

05 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Dr Bairbre Ní Fhloinn Library Lunchtime Lecture organised in association with the Irish Texts Society as part of Heritage Week. Bairbre N...

The Book of Ballymote texts of Middle Irish translations of Latin narratives

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Uáitéar Mac Gearailt is Head of the Irish Department at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, Dublin. His research focuses on the language and l...

The palaeography of the Book of Ballymote

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Elizabeth Duncan's research interests cover palaeography, codicology and manuscript production in the Celtic world. She was awarded her PhD....

A manuscript for MacDonagh: reading the illumination in the Book of Ballymote

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Karen Ralph received her PhD. in medieval art history from Trinity College Dublin last year. Her doctoral research focused on the patronage ...

The Book of Ballymote and the Grammar of Irish

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Deborah Hayden is a postdoctoral O'Donovan Scholar at the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. The Book of Bally...

The Book of Ballymote and the Irish book

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Pádraig Ó Macháin is Professor of Modern Irish, and Head of the School of Irish Learning, University College Cork. Formerly director of I...

Owners and users: the changing contexts of the Book of Ballymote 1500-1750

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Raymond Gillespie, MRIA, teaches history at Maynooth University. He is author of Reading Ireland: print, reading and social change in early ...

The Book of Ballymote: a genealogical treasure trove: range and purpose

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Donnchadh Ó Corráin, MRIA, is emeritus Professor of Medieval History at University College Cork. He has published on many aspects of mediev...

The Books of Ballymote and Lecan: their structure and contents compared

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Nollaig Ó Muraíle, MRIA, has recently retired as senior lecturer in Irish at NUI Galway. Among his publications is an edition of Dubhaltac...

World history and historiography and the Book of Ballymote

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Máire Ní Mhaonaigh is a Reader in Celtic in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of...

Biblical history in the Book of Ballymote

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Elizabeth Duncan's research interests cover palaeography, codicology and manuscript production in the Celtic world. She was awarded her PhD....

The Book of Ballymote: scholars, sources and patrons

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Speaker: Ruairí Ó hUiginn MRIA is professor of Modern Irish at Maynooth University and Head of its School of Celtic Studies. He has published on man...

The Academy in a decade of revolution

12 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Professor Mary Daly, MRIA. Fourth lecture in a series on ‘Intellectual life in Ireland 1910-1920.' Professor Daly’s l...

'The triumph of failure': Desmond Ryan (1893-1964): writing the history of the Easter rising

12 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Lawrence White, Research Assistant and Copy Editor on the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of Irish Biography project. ...

‘Gaedhilg na haimsire seo’: writing processes and culture in Irish language print media 1909-1920

12 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Regina Uí Chollatáin, Senior Lecturer and Head of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore in University Colleg...

Prof. Eleanor Knott (1886-1975): Irish scholar and lexicographer

11 May 2016

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Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Chantal Kobel. First lecture in a series on ‘Intellectual life in Ireland 1910-1920.' This lecture reflects on the i...

‘The last of the great Irish antiquarians of the past’: Standish Hayes O’Grady, 1832-1915

05 May 2016

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Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Lesa Ní Mhunghaile, NUI Galway. In Spring 2015 the Library, in collaboration with the Dictionary of Irish Biography ...

The life and dictionaries of Timothy O'Neill Lane

05 May 2016

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Library Lunchtime Lecture series by Dr Liam Mac Amhlaigh, Maynooth University. Introduced by Dr Deirdre D'Auria, Eagarthóir Cúnta, Foclóir na Nua-G...

William Reeves, 1815-92: a great scholar and his many friendships

05 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Library Lunchtime Lecture series by Dr Linde Lunney, Dictionary of Irish Biography. In Spring 2015 the Library, in collaboration with the Dictionary ...

Scribing for Ireland: the Ó Longáin family and the Royal Irish Academy

07 Apr 2016

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Library Lunchtime Lecture by RIA Librarian Siobhán Fitzpatrick. Third lecture in a series organised in association with Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, Univer...

Seosamh Ó Longáin and the manuscript facsimiles of the Royal Irish Academy

07 Apr 2016

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Library Lunchtime Lecture by Tim O’Neill, artist, scribe and historian. Second lecture in a series organised in association with Roinn na Nua-Ghaei...

Four generations of literary scholarship: the remarkable contribution of the Ó Longáin family

06 Apr 2016

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Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail, UCD. First lecture in a series organised in association with Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, Universit...

From Dublin Westward: Petrie, Clonmacnoise and Aran

12 Feb 2016

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Speaker: Professor Tom Dunne Library Lunchtime Lecture organised in conjunction with an exhibition curated by the Royal Irish Academy Library 'Views o...

Humanities: The Easter Rising and the Indian Nationalist Movement

27 Jan 2016

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Professor Partha Chatterjee's lecture as part of UCD's 1916 as a Global Event series of lectures

Trinity in War and Revolution: panel discussion

09 Dec 2015

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The Launch of 'Trinity in War and Revolution 1912-1923' was preceded by an expert panel discussion in the Printing House, Trinity College Dublin, at 6...

Trinity in War and Revolution: book launch

09 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Trinity in War and Revolution was launched by the Chief Justice, Susan Denham, in Trinity College Dublin on Monday, 7 December. This book situates...

Is there a general theory of austerity by Professor Simon Wren-Lewis, University of Oxford

03 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Austerity may be defined as a large fiscal contraction that causes a substantial increase in unemployment. If the government has a budget deficit that...

At home in the revolution - Panel discussion and book launch

19 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Panel discussion, chaired by Catriona Crowe with Margaret O’Callaghan, Margaret MacCurtain and author Lucy McDiarmid. The discussion is followed b...

Science: Talk on Quantum Computing by Eric Ladizinsky

19 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Inaugural John Bell Day lecture to commemorate Bell's Theorem which was first submitted for publication on 4th November 1964