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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 05/08/2026

Calling Tim Robinson fans! RIA Publishing House is producing new editions of Robinson's iconic map series, Aran, The Burren and Connemara. How would you like to see these wonderful maps brought back to life? We would love to hear from you! Email publications@ria.ie with your feedback.

Black and white map of Connemara, County Galway, with marked regions and the author Tim Robinson's name displayed.

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ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We remain in the midlands for this week's #MapMonday with #Longford Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 22 Longford by Sarah Gearty, Martin Morris and Fergus O'Ferrall was originally published by the @ria.ie in 2010 #IHTA #MapMonday 1/10

Cover of IHTA no. 22 Longford by Sarah Gearty, Martin Morris and Fergus O'Ferrall with an aerial photo of St Mel's Cathedral covered in a green wash

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ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Access to #IHTA no. 18 Armagh by Catherine McCullough and W.H. Crawford for free www.ria.ie/irish-histor... Image credits (non-IHTA) 3. City of Armagh, 1810 by James Black. Armagh County Museum, no. 156.1958 5. Map-view of Armagh city, 1602 by Richard Bartlett. NLI, MS 2656 #MapMonday #IHTA #Armagh

Map of Ireland showing the towns completed (red dots) and towns in progress (green dots)

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ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This week’s #MapMonday is another town with monastic foundations. Armagh by Catherine McCullough and W.H. Crawford was originally published by @ria.ie in 2007

Cover of the IHTA Armagh atlas with a cream background, green and red writing with an extract of Armagh as the cover illustration from a painting washed in green

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Granard Booktown Festival @granardbooktown.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Our 2026 Programme is LIVE! All tickets go on sale this Monday at 9am via our website granardbooktownfestival.ie 📚This year marks our fourth festival and it's our biggest to date! 20+ talks, 35+ authors, writers and poets, 3 writing workshops, 1 film screening, in 4 venues over 4 exciting days!

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Rarely have I been to anything that captured the spirit of a person like last night’s remembrance of Conor Gearty at LSE. Like Conor, it was by turns hilarious, thought provoking and filled with a deep sense of empathy Possibly the finest Longford man I’ll ever know. He’s still so much missed

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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 29/01/2026

We are delighted to announce the publication of our first quarterly newsletter LifeLines: News from the Dictionary of Irish Biography. You can read it here: mailchi.mp/ria.ie/grang... And sign up here: mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53...

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ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

There are c. 150 maps, views and photographs, an essay describing the development of each suburb and histories of over 2000 sites from streets to oyster beds from earliest times to c. 1970 Clontarf by Colm Lennon www.ria.ie/irish-histor... Rathmines by Séamas Ó Maitiú www.ria.ie/irish-histor...

Traffic map from The Dublin civic survey report (Liverpool, 1925). Reproduced in IHTA Dublin suburbs no. 1 Clontarf, private collection.

Palace Skating Rink, 1909-13, Rathmines Rd Lower. Reproduced in IHTA Dublin suburbs, no. 2 Rathmines, private collection

Royal Charter School, Clontarf, looking east, 1794 by William Ashford. Reproduced courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland, 577.

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ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Do you like maps? Have you an interest in suburban history? We are excited to share that for the first time, the atlases of Clontarf and Rathmines are now fully and freely available to download. Originally published by @ria.ie with @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social Read more: www.ria.ie/2026/01/09/i...

Cover image of the Clontarf atlas by Colm Lennon. Turquoise map outline

Cover image of the Rathmines atlas by Seamas O Maitiu. Yellow map outline

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