Taoiseach Enda Kenny presents Gold Medal to NUI Galway researcher in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Taoiseach Enda Kenny presented the Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal to the NUI Galway Professor of Physics, Colin O'Dowd in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Environmental and Geosciences.
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Judging W.T. Cosgrave | UCD Emeritus Prof Michael Laffan | Royal Irish Academy
After he retired from public life, W.T. Cosgrave, the first leader of The Irish Free State, remained for decades one of the forgotten figures of Irish history. According to a new biography, Judging W.T. Cosgrave, he did not deserve such neglect. Rather he deserves much of the credit for the stable and democratic political system that took root after the storms of insurrection, guerrilla conflict and civil war. “He headed the first fully independent Irish administration, and he presided over a slow but steady expansion of the freedom provided by the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921”.
Using sources not previously consulted, in Judging W.T. Cosgrove, UCD Emeritus Professor Micheal Laffan examines the political life of the man and gives the reader a deep sense of his career as local politician, rebel, minister, head of government for almost ten years and opposition leader.
“Professor Laffan and the Royal Irish Academy have to be congratulated on a truly wonderful book – beautifully produced to the highest publishing standards, scrupulously researched, lucidly written and with all the objectivity and the authority of a professional historian at the top of his game,” said An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny who officially launched the book at the Royal Irish Academy.
“Fifty years after Cosgrave’s death Michael Laffan has given us his magisterial, definitive and learned judgement. It will not be bettered.”
“[Cosgrave] was a great Irishman, one of our greatest, and this book is worthy of its subject,” added An Taoiseach.
According to Professor Laffan, the project involved several years of research and provided challenges as well as occasional frustration. “It has been an overwhelmingly stimulating and satisfying experience,” he said. “Above all I am grateful to Liam Cosgrave, who urged me to undertake this biography, who lent me his father’s papers and who was a source of constant information and encouragement, but who never tried to influence or control what I wrote.”
Judging W.T. Cosgrave is the third book in the 'Judging' series published by the Royal Irish Academy. The other two in the series were also written by University College Dublin academics: Judging Dev: A reassessment of the life and legacy of Éamon de Valera by Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, UCD School of History and Archives; and Judging Lemass: The Measure of the Man by Emeritus Professor Tom Garvin, UCD School of Politics and International Relations.
St Patrick's Confessio HyperStack launch - Part 2 (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin)
Anthony Harvey introduces the HyperStack project and its website.
Professor Dervilla Donnelly | Winner of the Royal Irish Academy’s Cunningham Medal | Q&A
Professor Dervilla Donnelly in conversation with Professor Pat Guiry before becoming the first woman to receive the Cunningham Medal from the Royal Irish Academy.
The Cunningham Medal is the RIA’s premier award. It was established in 1796 and is awarded every three years in recognition of “outstanding contributions to scholarship and the objectives of the Royal Irish Academy.
Professor Donnelly is Emeritus Professor of Phytochemistry at University College Dublin. She specialised in wood chemistry and helped to solve several complex problems in the Irish forestry industry through her research.
Professory Guiry is Director of the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and Professor of Synthetic Organic Chemistry at UCD. Professor Donnelly was his supervisor during his PhD.
The Royal Irish Academy is an all-Ireland academic body that promotes study and distinction in sciences, humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1785.
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The Royal Irish Academy Admittance Day 2016
The enrolment of 22 world renowned scientists & academics took place on Friday 27 May at the Royal Irish Academy – Ireland’s leading body of experts in the sciences and humanities.
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St Patrick's Confessio HyperStack Project Introduction (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin)
Anthony Harvey, Project Leader of the St Patrick's Confessio HyperStack Project (confessio.ie), gives a short introduction to the project and its website. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 2011.
Royal Irish Academy -- The Place of Mathematics Education in Ireland's Future -- Part 1
Irish Harpist Claire O'Donnell for Weddings and events in Ireland
presents ClaireO'Donnell performing in Powerscourt Gardens,Co Wicklow Ireland. Claire is one of Ireland's foremost musicians, playing both Classical Concert and Irish Traditional Harp. With an early passion for harp, she began to learn at the age of eight in The Royal Irish Academy of music Dublin and later in the Conservatoire National De Music Reims, France. She was the youngest performer at the Ninth World Harp Congress in Dublin in 2005 and was appointed principle harpist with The National Youth Orchestra in 2007.
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Title: Royal Irish Academy entertain Prince Riza Mirza Khan and other distinguished visitors.
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The Royal Irish Academy - Inside No. 19 Dawson Street
A guided tour of the history of the Royal Irish Academy and some of the famous writers, historians and scientists associated with the institution. You can also find out about the library collections and the Academy's activities and projects.
Royal Irish Academy -- The Place of Mathematics Education in Ireland's Future -- Part 8
Annual Conference 2010. Part 3.
GBV - Conference 2010 Part 3
Main Speaker - Charlotte Onslow
Held at The Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St, Dublin, Ireland
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Ireland in the European Eye snapshots – Finola O’Kane
Professor Finola O’Kane, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, tells us how the identity of Ireland became associated with the image of the Irish cottage or cabin.
Annual Conference 2010. Part 6.
GBV - Conference 2010 - Part 6
Main Speaker - Mary Robinson
Held at The Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St, Dublin, Ireland
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The Irish mind
5 minute promotional footage from the documentary series 'The Irish mind' which appeared on CNBC in
2008. Directed by well known documentary maker Alan Gilsenan and produced by Yellow Asylum Films.
This was supported by IDA Ireland and by the Royal Irish Academy.
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