We love this colour version of the Three Candles Press printer's device. It is pasted onto an offprint of Séamus Ó Casaide MRIA's own copy of his paper, "An Old Almanac" from the Irish Book Lover (1933). The printer Colm Ó Lochlainn succeeded Ó Casaide as volunteer editor of the Irish Book Lover.
The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday - Thursday. The Cathach of Colum Cille is displayed on the last Friday of every month. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week. www.ria.ie/collections/...
Read more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 10(iii). This 15th century medical manuscript contains a translation of the major part of Book 1 of the Rosa Anglica of John of Gaddesden, with occasional pieces from Bernard of Gordon and Gilbert the Englishman interspersed.
Don't miss our Curator's Talk & Tour on 28 April, which is part of a programme of events to mark our new exhibition Ink & Innovation: the earliest printed books of the Royal Irish Academy. We're sharing a taster here and you can book your free place at the event now: www.ria.ie/events/ink-i...
And don't miss the upcoming Curator's Talk & Tour by @liberray.bsky.social on Tuesday 28 April: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Ink & Innovation is an exhibition of the earliest printed books in the Royal Irish Academy Library running from April to December 2026. Come and learn about early printing technology, the development of the printing trade and the varied interests of Renaissance readers: www.ria.ie/library/libr...
The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday - Friday. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.
Read more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.ria.ie/collections/...
Another gap from 1427-32 occurs without evidence of loss of a text. In the image above you can see an intentional blank space was left after the entry for 1426. In this case, there may have been a leaf missing from the older exemplar being used by the scribe.
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS C iii 1, the Annals of Connacht. This manuscript records episodes in the history of Gaelic Ireland from AD 1224-1544, with one later entry (in different ink) for the year 1562. There are short gaps in the text where it appears that a pair of leaves has been lost.
This is a fascinating exhibition! Looking forward to the lunchtime talk too! All free to attend
📚 Make sure to visit our new exhibition, Ink & Innovation and come along to our curator's lunchtime talk and tour on 28th April www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Tuesday - Thursday. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.
Read more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright Royal Irish Academy Library www.ria.ie/collections/...
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 E 29, the Book of Fermoy. Commissioned by David Mór Roche, it includes poems and prose relating to the medieval Roche family as well as a duanaire (poembook) containing copies of poems attributed to Gearóid Iarla, 3rd earl of Desmond (1338-1398).
Ink & Innovation: the earliest printed books of the RIA Library. Visit the @rialibrary.bsky.social exhibition showcasing 15th C books printed in Europe. Learn about early printing technology and wide-ranging interests of Renaissance readers.
Info & opening hours: https://shorturl.at/vYvgX
Seminar programme on a cream background. Heading illustration is a painting of Youghal with town walls and buildings and ships in the harbour
'Water, Towns and Topography II', the #IHTA 2026 seminar is convened with the Irish Walled Towns Network, an initiative of @heritagecouncil.ie
Free to attend, booking essential
📆20 May 2026
📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin @ria.ie
🎟️ www.ria.ie/2026/03/30/i...
The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday- Thursday. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week. Please note the Library will be closed from 3-6 April inclusive for the Easter period.
12 February in Lille in the Low Country. 1656. I stop, melancholy and sad until morning and for the rest of my life unless I get one glimpse of Ireland.
Read more about the ms and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...
It poignantly contains marginal notes that give insight into the feelings of the scribe, Augustinian priest, Fearghal Dubh Ó Gadhra (O’Gara): 12 Febh A Líle san tír iachtuir. 1656. sguirim agus me dubhach brónach go maidin, agus ar feadh mo bheatha, acht amhain go mbearuinn áon amharc ar Éirinn.
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 F 16, the Book of O’Gara. This important collection of poetry, compiled in the 1650s in continental Europe, preserves earlier material from sources that have since been lost.
Ink & Innovation: the earliest printed books of the Royal Irish Academy Library! Find out more about our exciting new exhibition by reading our latest blog, written by the curator, Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social (Collections & Archives Manager). www.ria.ie/blog/ink-inn...
A woman speaking from a lectern beside a screen that reads leaving your toxic x
A PowerPoint slide showing social media logos that reads adapt and pivot
A woman speaking from a lectern
A woman speaking from a lectern
Áine Brennan and Grace O'Connor talk about how they doubled social media interactions in @dculibrary.bsky.social post-Twitter. Emma Rothwell shares how she balances traditional curation with outreach demands in @rialibrary.bsky.social at #ASL2026
The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday- Thursday. The Cathach of Colum Cille is put on display on the last Friday of the month. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.
Read more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.ria.ie/collections/...
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac. Written in the 15th century in Irish by Murchadh Riabach Ó Cuindlis (a scribe of the Book of Lecan), at Cluain Lethan and Lothra (Lorrha) in Múscraige Tíre, in north Co. Tipperary. It is the largest Irish vellum manuscript by one scribe.
A serendipitous coincide for #PatricksDay. The Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie @rialibrary.bsky.social has a dedicated web page for the Doegen Recordings of Irish Dialects 1928-1931 which are among the earliest audio recordings of Irish.
🎤: www.doegen.ie
Project team: www.doegen.ie/team
Cover of the Downpatrick atlas, no. 8 in the IHTA series. Cream background and an image of the cathedral in a green wash with people in the foreground
We are in the north for this week’s #MapMonday and what a better place to be than supposed burial place of St Patrick in #Downpatrick after he died in c. 490 at Saul ( modern Co. Down)
No. 8 in the #IHTA series by R.H. Buchanan & Anthony Wilson was published by the @ria.ie in 1997
Congratulations, Dan Carey PRIA!! 👏
