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Ireland’s leading body of experts in sciences & humanities, e. 1785. Home to the RIA Library, 8 research programmes & a publishing house. www.ria.ie Reg Charity No 20003524
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Tá fógra déanta ag an Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus na Gaeltachta, Dara Calleary, TD, faoi chistiú €1,133,196 thar thréimhse ceithre bliana d’Fhoclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge. Clár taighde is ea an foclóir stairiúil de chuid Acadamh Ríoga nah Éireann (ARÉ)

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‘Irish food history: a companion’ edited by @irishcookbooks.bsky.social & Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire was published by the RIA last year. With its 28 chapters, it takes the reader on an exciting journey of Ireland’s history through food. Due back in stock very soon! #LibraryLoversMonth

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This was definitely the "before dinner" snap... (RIA RLP/176) #RIALibrary #LibraryLoversMonth #InstagramVsReality

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Our colleagues at the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) are ceasing activity on X. Stay up to date with the latest #DigitalPreservation news and events by engaging with them on their other channels, including their new Bluesky account @dri.ie! #DigiPresNews

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The Archaeology Research Grants scheme and Radiocarbon dates scheme are open to applications until 27th March. Both schemes are offered across the island of Ireland and are open to applications from archaeological researchers/archaeologists, including students and PHD candidates.

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Many thanks to @uniofgalway.bsky.social for hosting our Members lunch and Council meeting last week

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The researchers of the ARINS/Irish Times north south surveys (Garry, O'Leary, Pow, Walsh) will discuss their methodologies, findings & reflections in 2 panel discussion events 📅Mon, 10 March @ 6pm @ria.ie 📅Thurs, 13 March @ 5.30pm @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Book in arinsproject.com

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1/ The Manuscript of the Week is the Annals of the Four Masters, RIA MS 23 P 7. In keeping with our food theme for #LibraryLoversMonth we have chosen to share the account of the Battle of the Ford of Biscuits in 1594! When English relief was sent to help besieged forces...

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1/ Just as well Tripadvisor wasn't around in 1839! In this letter written by Ordnance Survey field surveyor, John O'Donovan, to his superior, Lieut. Thomas Larcom, he recounts his unpleasant living and working conditions while travelling through Co. Clare... #LibraryLoversMonth

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A prominent cultural figure in post-war Dublin, John Ryan (b. #OTD 1925)owned the Bailey on Duke St. Frequented by writers & artists, the establishment became renowned for its connections with a motley group of writers including Brendan Behan & Anthony Cronin: www.dib.ie/biography/ry... #DIBLives

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1/ You've heard of Gray's Anatomy, but have you heard of Grew's Anatomy (1682)? In a delightful example of nominative determinism, Nehemiah Grew was curator of Anatomy of Plants at @royalsociety.org from 1672. #LibraryLoversMonth #Food #Fruit (ref. RIA MR/30/E/2)

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@yai.ie member @deirdreflynn.bsky.social knocking it out of the park on precarity, research funding, and the importance of the Young Academy Ireland and @ria.ie for ECRs

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1/ Today for #LibraryLoversMonth we are sharing a second edition cookbook of Indian meal recipes (RIA HP 1973/16) published by Philadelphia woman Eliza Leslie (1787-1858) in 1846.

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Caught in a trap? This deer can’t walk out… Celebrating the re-mounting, conservation, and scanning of the beautiful Banagher Cross shaft. Soon, it will be on display at the Words on the Wave exhibition, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street. #NMI2025 #NMIBlog www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize is Dr Muhammad Muddasar from University of Limerick. You can read more about Dr Muddasar's PhD thesis here. Thank you to Henkel for their continued support of the prize. www.ria.ie/2025/02/17/d...

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ARINS / @irishtimes.com survey demonstrates that 'Sinn Féin voters in the South are much more negative about immigration than their Northern counterparts and exhibit attitudes which more resemble Northern unionists.' 🗞️ read more: bit.ly/3QjTdks @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie

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The ARINS/ @irishtimes.com survey indicates that 47% of voters in the North and 51% in the South believe immigration benefits a country economically and culturally. 🗞️ read more here: bit.ly/3QjTdks @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

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'If Sinn Féin advocates for the operation of a liberal immigration regime under unification, in line with its northern support base, it may alienate its southern working-class support base, which is currently sceptical of immigration.' 🗞️ analysis: bit.ly/3X4BQrD @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie

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How Ian Paisley was viewed by Irish Government at start of the Troubles, written by John Gibney, Assistant Editor with the Royal Irish Academy's Documents on Irish Foreign Policy programme and is one of the editors of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. XIV: 1969-1973. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Congratulations to our 2025 RIA Gold Medal recipients. Professor Anne Fuchs has been awarded the Gold Medal in the Humanities, and Professor Seamus Martin has received the Gold Medal in Life and Medical Sciences. The awards were presented by Colin Hunt, CEO of AIV the 2025 Gold Medals sponsor.

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Bainigí sult as an ngrianghraf seo de fheithideolaí Cynthia Longfield (1896-1991) ina suí i ngarrán mangónna ar Hiva Oa, sna hOileáin Mharcasacha i 1924. 🎧 Éist siar le léacht faoina taisteail: shorturl.at/6aZFo #LibraryLoversMonth

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1/ Today for #LibraryLoversMonth we are looking at a 1745 English translation of a pamphlet, originally printed in Italian & the subject of a lecture delivered by physicist Antonio Cocchi (1695-1758) in Florence 2 yrs previous, on the merits of vegetarianism, or a Pythagorean diet as it was called.

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Come and work with us! Applications are invited for the position of Training Manager and Digital Archivist, as part of the @dri_ireland team located at @RIAdawson Find out more and apply by 20 Feb 2025. www.ria.ie/about/career...

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1/ Our Manuscript of the Week is Liber Flavus Fergusiorum (RIA MS 23 O 48). This 15th C compilation of texts includes the Tale of Fortinbras: an Irish retelling of a French song in which a Saracen giant chooses to become a Christian knight in the service of Charlemagne.

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