Royal Irish Academy Library

A premier research library. Manuscript, book, pamphlet & drawings collections, access & outreach programmes, master classes & visits, exhibitions & lectures.

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Do you love our library? We have lots happening from manuscript displays, exhibitions and, too good not to mention, our gorgeous reading room.

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@CarlowWeather Hi Carlow Weather! Some of your followers might be interested our events coming up next month! The Library has a lecture and exhibition about early meteorological records in Ireland and the @RIAdawson Discourse Series has event on AI and forecasting tomorrow night!

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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.

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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS C vi 1, the Book of Knockninny. This 18th C manuscript has not yet been fully digitised, so all the more reason to drop in and visit us. You can read about the manuscript and its contents here: https://t.co/rgIvwiVm50

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Apologies, Monday-Thursday. The Library will close on Thursday evening for the Easter weekend.

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The Manuscript of the Week is the Book of Uí Mhaine, RIA MS D ii 1. The contents of this 14th C manuscript are described in a marginal note as ‘bolg an tsolathair’ (bag of mixed content). Read more & find a link to the @DIAS_ISOS digital copy here: https://t.co/nQ6rDMRUlf

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The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library from 10.00-16.30, Monday – Friday. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.

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Please note that the Library will be closed over the Easter Weekend from Friday 18 April to Monday 21 April. We re-open at 10am on Tuesday morning for readers and visitors.

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The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from **14.00 -16.30 on Monday**, and from 10.00-16.30 Tuesday - Friday. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.

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The Manuscript of the Week is a 15th C compilation of medical treatises, RIA MS 23 P 10 (iii). The scribe has used a selection of whimsical line fillers & run-over symbols to enhance the "mise-en-page". Read more & see the @DIAS_ISOS digital copy here: https://t.co/yKWc1GJOem

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📢 NEW BLOG 📢 Check out our new blog about a 19th century work-from-home faith healer, Prince Hohenlohe! Could two Irish women have been healed by a Bamburg-based prince? Read our blog and find out! https://t.co/XMfDR5kDwe

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The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library from 10.00-16.30, Monday – Friday. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.

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The Manuscript of the Week is the Annals of Connacht, RIA MS C iii 1. This manuscript records the history of Gaelic Ireland for over three hundred years from AD 1224-1544! The years are visible in the margins. Read more & see the @DIAS_ISOS digital copy: https://t.co/u568Lrx9L3

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The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library from 10.00-16.30, Monday – Friday, except for our scheduled closure this Tuesday morning until 2pm. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.

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The Manuscript of the Week is the Book of Fermoy, RIA MS 23 E 29. This 15th C compilation of Irish texts is associated with the Anglo-Norman Roche family, who came to Ireland from Pembrokeshire in the 12th C. Read more & see the @DIAS_ISOS digital copy: https://t.co/xJVVqHHinG

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The MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library from 10.00-16.30, Tuesday – Friday. No appointment or reader’s ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.

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The Manuscript of the Week is a book of court verse known as the O'Gara manuscript (RIA MS 23 F 16). Compiled in the Low Countries in the 17th century, it was written by Feargal Dubh Ó Gadhra, O.S.A. Learn more & see a digitised copy via @DIAS_ISOS here: https://t.co/N2hmtQsslp