This watercolour from 1777 depicts a cromlech at Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin. Discover more drawings depicting a world before photography by exploring the Gabriel Beranger #watercolours collection deposited in DRI by Royal Irish Academy Library doi.org/10.7486/DRI.m0… #InternationalDrawingDay

Here we are at our last lecture in the series! Dr Elizabethanne Boran & Dr Brendan Dooley giving us great insight into the early modern booktrade in Ireland and Europe! Thanks to all of our visitors for joining us and the RIA Historical Studies committee over the past few weeks!

Don't miss our guided tours of the Ussher Bird Notes collection during National Biodiversity Week. Discover what a 120 year old collection of ornithological notes can teach us about bird populations in Ireland today!
📅 Wednesday, 22 May
🕐 12:30 and 15:00
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Don't miss the last lecture in our early modern book collections series! On Wednesday, Dr Elizabethanne Boran of Edward Worth Library and Dr Brendan Dooley of History at UCC will deliver a lecture 'Reading and collecting books in early modern Ireland and Europe.' ria.ie/reading-and-co…

Delighted to see a review of Cork/Corcaigh in The Irish Times today!
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#IHTACork Royal Irish Academy
Cork City Council

We're so excited to reveal our 3 keynote speakers Finnian OCionnaith Katie McDonough matthew edney for the OS200 conference in June!!
It's free to attend but places are filling up quickly so please register before it's too late: tickettailor.com/events/digital… #LoveIrishResearch

Have a look at this lovely video and you might recognise one of our manuscripts making a cameo on the old £1 note!