The Royal Irish Academy

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The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hEireann is an all-Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is the principal learned society in Ireland and has over 420 members who are elected in recognition of their academic achievements. The Royal Irish Academy, the academy for the sciences and humanities for the whole of Ireland will vigorously promote excellence in scholarship, recognise achievements in learning, direct research programmes and undertake its own research projects, particularly in areas relating to Ir...

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The Palaeography of Lebor na hUidre 07.01.2013 35:50

Speaker: Dr Elizabeth Duncan, Department of Celtic & Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh Chair: An tOll. Pádraig Ó Macháin, Dept. of Modern Irish, UCC Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/the-palaeography-of-lebor-na-h-uidre-dr-elizabeth-duncan-dept-of-celtic-and-scottish-studies-univ-of-edinburgh?qid=c8dd02a6-f249-4842-b1cb-a8ec9d9e7c5d&v=&b=&from_search=1 Handout: https:...

Compilation and the Creation of Lebor na hUidre 07.01.2013 35:16

Speaker: Dr Abigail Burnyeat, Dept. of Celtic & Scottish Studies, Univ. of Edinburgh Chair: Professor Fergus Kelly, MRIA, DIAS, School of Celtic Studies Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/compilatio-and-the-creation-of-lebor-na-h-uidre-dr-abigail-burnyeat Lebor na hUidre (LU) is the oldest manuscript we have that is written entirely in the Irish language. It contains the earli...

Weather - Meteorology and Metereological Collections at the RIA and Met Eireann 02.01.2013 41:39

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Mairead Treanor. The 2012 Science Lecture Series was organised by the Academy Library as an integral element of an exhibition Science at the Royal Irish Academy: ‘Uniting whatever is pleasing with whatever is useful’: an exhibition: July 2012-May 2013. Location: Academy House Date: 28 November, 2012 Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has prepared this content responsi...

Hamilton - Mathematician and Romantic 02.01.2013 47:16

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Professor Luke Drury, MRIA. The 2012 Science Lecture Series was organised by the Academy Library as an integral element of an exhibition Science at the Royal Irish Academy: ‘Uniting whatever is pleasing with whatever is useful’: an exhibition: July 2012-May 2013. Location: Academy House Date: 31 October, 2012 Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has prepared this conten...

Minerals, Museums and Ireland's Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th Centuries 02.01.2013 39:12

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Nigel Monaghan, Keeper, Natural History Museums. The 2012 Science Lecture Series was organised by the Academy Library as an integral element of an exhibition Science at the Royal Irish Academy: ‘Uniting whatever is pleasing with whatever is useful’: an exhibition: July 2012-May 2013. Location: Academy House Date: 7 November, 2012 Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has...

Richard Kirwan (1733-1812) - Chemist, Barrister and Philospher 02.01.2013 35:27

Library Lunchtime Lecture by D.T. Burns, MRIA, FRSE. Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, QUB. The 2012 Science Lecture Series was organised by the Academy Library as an integral element of an exhibition Science at the Royal Irish Academy: ‘Uniting whatever is pleasing with whatever is useful’: an exhibition: July 2012-May 2013. Location: Academy House Date: 21 November, 2012 Disclaimer: The Royal Iri...

Scientific Collections of the Edward Worth Library 02.01.2013 45:01

Library Lunchtime Lecture by Elizabethanne Boran. The 2012 Science Lecture Series was organised by the Academy Library as an integral element of an exhibition Science at the Royal Irish Academy: ‘Uniting whatever is pleasing with whatever is useful’: an exhibition: July 2012-May 2013. Location: Academy House Date: 14 November, 2012 Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has prepared this content resp...

A Yankee in de Valera’s Ireland Book Launch - Liam Kennedy in Conversation with Paul Bew 16.11.2012 1:05:18

Paul Bew has been Professor of Irish Politics at Queen’s University Belfast since 1991. A historical advisor to the Bloody Sunday inquiry, he was appointed an independent cross-bench peer in 2007 and is a member of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly. Bew is the author of numerous books on Irish politics and history; most recently he has edited A Yankee in de Valera’s Ireland, the 1940 memoir...

Accountability, Excellence and Success in Universities - Onora O'Neill 15.10.2012 1:08:08

A lecture by Onora O'Neill on Accountability, Excellence and Success in Universities.