Royal Irish Academy
@ria.ie
Fostering excellence and scholarship to enrich society, e. 1785.
Home to the RIA Library, 8 research programmes & a publishing house.
www.ria.ie
Reg. Charity No. 20003524 - Reg. Revenue No. CHY 2795
Home to the RIA Library, 8 research programmes & a publishing house.
www.ria.ie
Reg. Charity No. 20003524 - Reg. Revenue No. CHY 2795
Not all meat alternatives are created equal.
The new @easac.bsky.social report shows: climate & health benefits depend on ingredients, processing, & production methods.
We’ll unpack the evidence at “Meat the Future?” — Dec 4, RIA: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1917238
The new @easac.bsky.social report shows: climate & health benefits depend on ingredients, processing, & production methods.
We’ll unpack the evidence at “Meat the Future?” — Dec 4, RIA: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1917238
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not all meat alternatives are created equal.
The new @easac.bsky.social report shows: climate & health benefits depend on ingredients, processing, & production methods.
We’ll unpack the evidence at “Meat the Future?” — Dec 4, RIA: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1917238
The new @easac.bsky.social report shows: climate & health benefits depend on ingredients, processing, & production methods.
We’ll unpack the evidence at “Meat the Future?” — Dec 4, RIA: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1917238
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 7, Annals of the Four Masters. Two full sets of the annals of Irish history from A.M. 2242 - A.D. 1616 were completed by Franciscan scholars, now known as the Four Masters.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 7, Annals of the Four Masters. Two full sets of the annals of Irish history from A.M. 2242 - A.D. 1616 were completed by Franciscan scholars, now known as the Four Masters.
Jane Ohlmeyer is Erasmus Smith's Professor of Modern History at @tcddublin.bsky.social
Learn more about her research here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/jane-ohlmeyer-mria-historian/
#RoyalIrishAcademy #RIAGoldMedals
Learn more about her research here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/jane-ohlmeyer-mria-historian/
#RoyalIrishAcademy #RIAGoldMedals
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Jane Ohlmeyer is Erasmus Smith's Professor of Modern History at @tcddublin.bsky.social
Learn more about her research here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/jane-ohlmeyer-mria-historian/
#RoyalIrishAcademy #RIAGoldMedals
Learn more about her research here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/jane-ohlmeyer-mria-historian/
#RoyalIrishAcademy #RIAGoldMedals
Panel alert!
At the 'Meat the Future?' event we’ll hear from scientists, industry folks, policy makers & civil society.
We'll ask: can meat alternatives really help Europe meet its climate and health goals — or is the hype ahead of the evidence?
At the 'Meat the Future?' event we’ll hear from scientists, industry folks, policy makers & civil society.
We'll ask: can meat alternatives really help Europe meet its climate and health goals — or is the hype ahead of the evidence?
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Panel alert!
At the 'Meat the Future?' event we’ll hear from scientists, industry folks, policy makers & civil society.
We'll ask: can meat alternatives really help Europe meet its climate and health goals — or is the hype ahead of the evidence?
At the 'Meat the Future?' event we’ll hear from scientists, industry folks, policy makers & civil society.
We'll ask: can meat alternatives really help Europe meet its climate and health goals — or is the hype ahead of the evidence?
Join us on 25 November at the RIA for the second Discourse Series event, ‘Cyber resilience, trust and digital security’. This discussion will examine how trust, security and resilience are built and tested in our interconnected digital world.
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Join us on 25 November at the RIA for the second Discourse Series event, ‘Cyber resilience, trust and digital security’. This discussion will examine how trust, security and resilience are built and tested in our interconnected digital world.
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Discover the 2025–26 Royal Irish Academy Discourse Series!
The Royal Irish Academy’s Discourse Series, the oldest and most renowned series of public talks in Ireland, returns with a powerful new theme: Resilience.
Explore all the upcoming dates and themes here: www.ria.ie/2025/10/29/d...
The Royal Irish Academy’s Discourse Series, the oldest and most renowned series of public talks in Ireland, returns with a powerful new theme: Resilience.
Explore all the upcoming dates and themes here: www.ria.ie/2025/10/29/d...
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Discover the 2025–26 Royal Irish Academy Discourse Series!
The Royal Irish Academy’s Discourse Series, the oldest and most renowned series of public talks in Ireland, returns with a powerful new theme: Resilience.
Explore all the upcoming dates and themes here: www.ria.ie/2025/10/29/d...
The Royal Irish Academy’s Discourse Series, the oldest and most renowned series of public talks in Ireland, returns with a powerful new theme: Resilience.
Explore all the upcoming dates and themes here: www.ria.ie/2025/10/29/d...
Thank you to everyone who took part in today’s event
'The Troubles and the European Community: Exploring DIFP XIV (1969–73)'.
'The Troubles and the European Community: Exploring DIFP XIV (1969–73)'.
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thank you to everyone who took part in today’s event
'The Troubles and the European Community: Exploring DIFP XIV (1969–73)'.
'The Troubles and the European Community: Exploring DIFP XIV (1969–73)'.
Considering what 'meat' could mean in the future? Join us on 4 Dec 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy for 'Meat the Future?', a panel & conversation about how meat-alternatives might help Europe deliver on climate, health & food system goals.
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Considering what 'meat' could mean in the future? Join us on 4 Dec 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy for 'Meat the Future?', a panel & conversation about how meat-alternatives might help Europe deliver on climate, health & food system goals.
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
The MS of the week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre, also known as the Book of the Dun Cow. Written in Irish at Clonmacnoise before AD 1106, it contains the oldest version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, the Voyage of Bran, the Feast of Bricriú, and other material from the Irish literary tradition.
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The MS of the week is RIA MS 23 E 25, Lebor na hUidre, also known as the Book of the Dun Cow. Written in Irish at Clonmacnoise before AD 1106, it contains the oldest version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, the Voyage of Bran, the Feast of Bricriú, and other material from the Irish literary tradition.
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the RIA on 30 October for the launch of Irish Historic Town Atlas no. 32 Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh, along with the release of the Digital Atlas of Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh.
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the RIA on 30 October for the launch of Irish Historic Town Atlas no. 32 Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh, along with the release of the Digital Atlas of Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh.
Happy Halloween!
In pre-Christian Ireland, Samhain marked the shift from summer’s light to winter’s dark. But it was also the time when the barrier between this world and the Otherworld was at its thinnest, allowing spirits to pass through to our realm, where they were appeased with food and drink
In pre-Christian Ireland, Samhain marked the shift from summer’s light to winter’s dark. But it was also the time when the barrier between this world and the Otherworld was at its thinnest, allowing spirits to pass through to our realm, where they were appeased with food and drink
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Happy Halloween!
In pre-Christian Ireland, Samhain marked the shift from summer’s light to winter’s dark. But it was also the time when the barrier between this world and the Otherworld was at its thinnest, allowing spirits to pass through to our realm, where they were appeased with food and drink
In pre-Christian Ireland, Samhain marked the shift from summer’s light to winter’s dark. But it was also the time when the barrier between this world and the Otherworld was at its thinnest, allowing spirits to pass through to our realm, where they were appeased with food and drink
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Royal Irish Academy on 22 October 2025 to celebrate the launch of Deeds of the Guild of St Anne, 1237 – 1778, a new digital resource created in partnership with the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social and the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Royal Irish Academy on 22 October 2025 to celebrate the launch of Deeds of the Guild of St Anne, 1237 – 1778, a new digital resource created in partnership with the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social and the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social
RIA is partnering with Geographical Society of Ireland to present a panel event exploring Geography and Geosciences in the School Curriculum with keynote by @dhkaplanoh.bsky.social Kent State University
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
@geolsurvie.bsky.social
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
@geolsurvie.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
RIA is partnering with Geographical Society of Ireland to present a panel event exploring Geography and Geosciences in the School Curriculum with keynote by @dhkaplanoh.bsky.social Kent State University
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
@geolsurvie.bsky.social
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
@geolsurvie.bsky.social
The RIA is pleased to share the report from last year’s genomics and AI policy workshop, held with the @acmedsci.bsky.social
We hope it helps policymakers, funders and researchers strengthen regional initiatives.
Read the full report here: acmedsci.ac.uk/file-downloa...
We hope it helps policymakers, funders and researchers strengthen regional initiatives.
Read the full report here: acmedsci.ac.uk/file-downloa...
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The RIA is pleased to share the report from last year’s genomics and AI policy workshop, held with the @acmedsci.bsky.social
We hope it helps policymakers, funders and researchers strengthen regional initiatives.
Read the full report here: acmedsci.ac.uk/file-downloa...
We hope it helps policymakers, funders and researchers strengthen regional initiatives.
Read the full report here: acmedsci.ac.uk/file-downloa...
#BiographyoftheWeek from the Dictionary of Irish Biography.
To celebrate Hallowe'en, this week we are featuring some of the spookier entries in the DIB, starting with writer, barrister, and theatre manager Abraham 'Bram' Stoker, born in Clontarf.
To celebrate Hallowe'en, this week we are featuring some of the spookier entries in the DIB, starting with writer, barrister, and theatre manager Abraham 'Bram' Stoker, born in Clontarf.
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#BiographyoftheWeek from the Dictionary of Irish Biography.
To celebrate Hallowe'en, this week we are featuring some of the spookier entries in the DIB, starting with writer, barrister, and theatre manager Abraham 'Bram' Stoker, born in Clontarf.
To celebrate Hallowe'en, this week we are featuring some of the spookier entries in the DIB, starting with writer, barrister, and theatre manager Abraham 'Bram' Stoker, born in Clontarf.
On 16 October, we were honoured to welcome Nobel Laureate Professor Kip Thorne and Minister James Lawless to the 2025 Hamilton Prize Ceremony.
Sponsored by Ibec, this annual award celebrates Ireland’s top undergraduate mathematics students.
Read the full story here: www.ria.ie/2025/10/17/m...
Sponsored by Ibec, this annual award celebrates Ireland’s top undergraduate mathematics students.
Read the full story here: www.ria.ie/2025/10/17/m...
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
On 16 October, we were honoured to welcome Nobel Laureate Professor Kip Thorne and Minister James Lawless to the 2025 Hamilton Prize Ceremony.
Sponsored by Ibec, this annual award celebrates Ireland’s top undergraduate mathematics students.
Read the full story here: www.ria.ie/2025/10/17/m...
Sponsored by Ibec, this annual award celebrates Ireland’s top undergraduate mathematics students.
Read the full story here: www.ria.ie/2025/10/17/m...
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 O 48(b), Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. The contents of this Irish-language manuscript are mainly religious tracts, lives of the saints, passions and homilies and some legendary episodes from the Ulster cycle and the tale of Fortinbras (Stair Fierabhrais).
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 O 48(b), Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. The contents of this Irish-language manuscript are mainly religious tracts, lives of the saints, passions and homilies and some legendary episodes from the Ulster cycle and the tale of Fortinbras (Stair Fierabhrais).
Join us on 4 Nov at the RIA for a seminar on the latest volume of @difp-ria.bsky.social (1969-73), exploring Irish policy on Northern Ireland and Europe and how history can inform today’s foreign policy-making.
Book your tickets now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1887300
Book your tickets now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1887300
October 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Join us on 4 Nov at the RIA for a seminar on the latest volume of @difp-ria.bsky.social (1969-73), exploring Irish policy on Northern Ireland and Europe and how history can inform today’s foreign policy-making.
Book your tickets now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1887300
Book your tickets now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1887300
#IrishBookWeek | Day 8: Share an Irish Book you discovered at a bookshop event
For the final day of Irish Book Week, The Royal Irish Academy and A Novel Idea are giving away 1 signed copy of Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 32 by Angela Byrne, published by RIA.
For the final day of Irish Book Week, The Royal Irish Academy and A Novel Idea are giving away 1 signed copy of Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 32 by Angela Byrne, published by RIA.
October 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#IrishBookWeek | Day 8: Share an Irish Book you discovered at a bookshop event
For the final day of Irish Book Week, The Royal Irish Academy and A Novel Idea are giving away 1 signed copy of Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 32 by Angela Byrne, published by RIA.
For the final day of Irish Book Week, The Royal Irish Academy and A Novel Idea are giving away 1 signed copy of Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 32 by Angela Byrne, published by RIA.
Check out the review of For and Against a united Ireland in this weekends @irishtimes.com:
"For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride: Arguing to end apathy of ‘undecideds’ Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride demonstrate the importance of free and reasoned deliberation."
"For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride: Arguing to end apathy of ‘undecideds’ Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride demonstrate the importance of free and reasoned deliberation."
October 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Check out the review of For and Against a united Ireland in this weekends @irishtimes.com:
"For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride: Arguing to end apathy of ‘undecideds’ Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride demonstrate the importance of free and reasoned deliberation."
"For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride: Arguing to end apathy of ‘undecideds’ Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride demonstrate the importance of free and reasoned deliberation."
#IrishBookWeek | Day 7: Share an Irish Book you are going to read next
Next on our reading list is For and Against a United Ireland by journalists Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride. The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than ever since partition in 1921.
Next on our reading list is For and Against a United Ireland by journalists Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride. The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than ever since partition in 1921.
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#IrishBookWeek | Day 7: Share an Irish Book you are going to read next
Next on our reading list is For and Against a United Ireland by journalists Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride. The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than ever since partition in 1921.
Next on our reading list is For and Against a United Ireland by journalists Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride. The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than ever since partition in 1921.
Fergus Shanahan is Chair of the Department of Medicine at @ucc.ie
Learn more about his research here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/fergus-shanahan-mria-clinician-scientist-2/
#RoyalIrishAcademy #RIAGoldMedals
Learn more about his research here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/fergus-shanahan-mria-clinician-scientist-2/
#RoyalIrishAcademy #RIAGoldMedals
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Fergus Shanahan is Chair of the Department of Medicine at @ucc.ie
Learn more about his research here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/fergus-shanahan-mria-clinician-scientist-2/
#RoyalIrishAcademy #RIAGoldMedals
Learn more about his research here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/fergus-shanahan-mria-clinician-scientist-2/
#RoyalIrishAcademy #RIAGoldMedals
#IrishBookWeek | Day 6: Share a Book Set in Northern Ireland
In today’s spotlight: 4 Northern Ireland atlases from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series by the Royal Irish Academy
In today’s spotlight: 4 Northern Ireland atlases from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series by the Royal Irish Academy
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#IrishBookWeek | Day 6: Share a Book Set in Northern Ireland
In today’s spotlight: 4 Northern Ireland atlases from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series by the Royal Irish Academy
In today’s spotlight: 4 Northern Ireland atlases from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series by the Royal Irish Academy
#IrishBookWeek | Day 5: Share an Irish Book that you bought in a local bookshop
Today we popped into @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social to pick up an insightful read: Irish STEM Lives edited by Jane Grimson MRIA and Turlough O’Riordan (RIA, 2025).
Today we popped into @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social to pick up an insightful read: Irish STEM Lives edited by Jane Grimson MRIA and Turlough O’Riordan (RIA, 2025).
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#IrishBookWeek | Day 5: Share an Irish Book that you bought in a local bookshop
Today we popped into @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social to pick up an insightful read: Irish STEM Lives edited by Jane Grimson MRIA and Turlough O’Riordan (RIA, 2025).
Today we popped into @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social to pick up an insightful read: Irish STEM Lives edited by Jane Grimson MRIA and Turlough O’Riordan (RIA, 2025).
On 9 October 2025, Donegal's Easkey Britton launched the latest Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) to a packed theatre in Ballyshannon. This newest addition, Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 32, explores the rich past of this historic port and garrison town.
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
On 9 October 2025, Donegal's Easkey Britton launched the latest Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) to a packed theatre in Ballyshannon. This newest addition, Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 32, explores the rich past of this historic port and garrison town.