After 150 years, The Pride of Shinrone opens a small window into a world of performance and sociability that once formed an integral part of community life

Bringing history to life

This article examines the contemporary return and reburial of human remains in two European contexts – Inishbofin, Ireland, and Pälkäne, Finland – to analyse how communities of descent experience, ...

The Historical Studies Committee is one of the Royal Irish Academy’s ten multidisciplinary committees. On this page you will find information about the committee’s members and recent projects and even...

The International Council of Museums adopted a new Code of Ethics to guide operations globally.

On 19th May, the staff and students of St. Patrick’s College in Carlow, along with the wider community, were devastated to hear of the planned closure of Carlow College. While the merger with SETU had...

Mary Curley, meteorologist with Met Éireann and Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam, Associate Professor of History at the University of Limerick

Irish people have historically looked to the natural world to forecast the weather and make sense of their surroundings.

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ALT: a man is pushing a red drum in a warehouse .

The Louvre is reopening for the first time since Sunday’s heist of the century. We will follow leads in a daylight robbery now estimated at 88 million euros and check security at the world’s most visi...

Book launch: Pious and Promiscuous: Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster – Assembly Buildings Conference Centre, 2-10 Fisherwick Pl, Thu 30 Oct 2025 - Join us to celebrate the launch of Pious ...

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Research Ireland is pleased to launch the Research Ireland Fellowship Programme. This programme aims to provide postdoctoral researchers with the opportunity to develop their career through experienci...