Best Royal Irish Academy Podcasts (2024)

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Edmund Spenser’s View of the Present State of Ireland (1596): Re-Appraised 46:01

21d ago46:01

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On Monday, 7 October, Nicholas Canny MRIA delivered this lecture as part of the Dublin Festival of History in the Royal Irish Academy.Spenser’s View has, for centuries, been treated variously as a trove of prejudiced antiquarian lore useful for disparaging Irish people at moments of crisis, and as a store house of evidence that the English governme…

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ARINS: Beyond Nationalism and Unionism 45:13

30d ago45:13

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In this month's ARINS podcast host Rory Montgomery discusses the paper 'Beyond unionism and nationalism: do the ‘neithers’ want a border poll and a United Ireland?' with one of its authors, Jon Tonge,Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool. Read the article in full here: https://bit.ly/3XPHHkb This is episode 37 of a podcast series tha…

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Elections and their Consequences - The EU Elections 37:16

28d ago37:16

37:16

Panel discussion on the consequences of the European Parliament elections that took place on the 24th of September 2024.The members of the panel were Francis Jacobs (former head of the European Parliament Office, Dublin), Sarah Collins (Brussels correspondent, Business Post) and Professor Ben Tonra, MRIA (UCD). It was chaired by Iulia Siedschlag (E…

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Richard J. Ussher: Chronicling the Birds of Ireland 41:01

2M ago41:01

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On Wednesday 21 August 2024, ecologist and author, Richard Nairn, delivered a lunchtime lecture in the Royal Irish Academy as part of National Heritage Week 2024 entitled 'Richard J. Ussher: Chronicling the Birds of Ireland'. Richard John Ussher MRIA, 1841-1913, was a speleologist, ornithologist and the main author of Ussher & Warren, The Birds of …

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ARINS: Nationality and Citizenship in Ireland, North and South 52:40

2M ago52:40

52:40

Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Brice Dickson and Aoife O'Donoghue in this month's ARINS podcast. They discuss the topic of Dickson's recent paper (written with Tom Hickey) on how British and/or Irish nationality is currently acquired and lost, first under the law in Northern Ireland and then under the law in Ireland. This paper also looks at som…

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ARINS: Equality Frameworks On The Island Of Ireland 53:55

4M ago53:55

53:55

Dr Evelyn Collins and Niall Crowley, along with host Rory Montgomery, explore the frameworks of equality legislation, institutions and policy mechanisms that underpin the equality agenda in Northern Ireland and in Ireland. Learn more in their recently published paper: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/912707This is episode 35 of a podcast series…

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ARINS: The Politics of Apologies 1:01:06

5M ago1:01:06

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This week, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Dr Cheryl Lawther discuss the politics of apologies within the Northern Ireland Peace Process. This is based of Kieran's recent paper 'Abject and True Remorse': Loyalism and the Politics of Regret in Northern Ireland' which is part of the Irish Studies in International Affairs journal, available at this link https:…

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Burning Questions Podcast: A conversation about… EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s First Satellite 19:52

5M ago19:52

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This episode features Vikram Pakrashi in conversation with Lorraine Hanlon and David McKeown from UCD, who share their experience of working on EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first satellite. Burning Questions is a conversation podcast that shines a spotlight on expertise in the fields of the engineering, mechanics and computer science across the island of Ir…

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The Bolton Library: reconsidering an early modern book collection in the 21st century 15:52

6M ago15:52

15:52

Olivia Lardner, Cataloguer of the Bolton Library, University of LimerickHear about the experiences of library professionals working with early modern collections today. This is the second event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee and the Library of the Royal Irish Academy.In April…

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The St. Canice's Library: 'Past, Present and Future' 15:45

6M ago15:45

15:45

Alexandra Caccamo, Assistant Librarian with responsibility for Special Collections and Archives, Maynooth University LibraryHear about the experiences of library professionals working with early modern collections today. This is the second event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee…

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Reading Books Here and There and Then 22:55

5M ago22:55

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Professor Brendan Dooley, Professor of Renaissance Studies at University College CorkDr Elizabethanne Boran and Professor Brendan Dooley give two short talks about cultures of reading and collecting in Ireland and Europe in the early modern period. This is the final event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the H…

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Curious collections of scarce and valuable books': eighteenth-century Irish private libraries. 16:47

5M ago16:47

16:47

Dr Máire Kennedy, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Early Modern History, Trinity College DublinDr Máire Kennedy and Dr Jason McElligott introduce us to institutional and private libraries in early modern Ireland. This is the first event in a three-part series on early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee and the…

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Well read and well-travelled: The Franciscan book collection at UCD Special Collections 24:56

5M ago24:56

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Eugene Roche, Assistant Librarian, UCD Special CollectionsHear about the experiences of library professionals working with early modern collections today. This is the second event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee and the Library of the Royal Irish Academy.In April / May 2024, T…

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Cold, draughty, and unwelcoming? The institutional libraries of early modern Ireland. 20:59

5M ago20:59

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Dr Jason McElligott, Director of Marsh’s LibraryDr Máire Kennedy and Dr Jason McElligott introduce us to institutional and private libraries in early modern Ireland. This is the first event in a three-part series on early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee and the Library of the Royal Irish AcademyIn April / May 2…

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Factors affecting book collecting in early modern Ireland and Europe 23:41

5M ago23:41

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Dr Elizabethanne Boran, Librarian, Edward Worth LibraryDr Elizabethanne Boran and Professor Brendan Dooley give two short talks about cultures of reading and collecting in Ireland and Europe in the early modern period. This is the final event in a three-part series about early modern book collections presented by the Historical Studies Committee an…

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ARINS: Partition and Census Enumeration 58:17

6M ago58:17

58:17

Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Paul Nolan to discuss censuses and how they have influenced, and will influence, Northern Ireland's constitutional position. This discussion is based on Paul's most recent paper 'The Imprint of Finality? Partition and Census Enumeration' which can be read here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/921576This is epi…

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Cynthia Longfield and the St George expedition of 1924: the making of an entomologist 44:39

6M ago44:39

44:39

The RIA Library held a lunchtime lecture to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of Cynthia Longfield's adventure on the St George Expedition. Cynthia set out on the St George Expedition travelling across the Atlantic and around the South Sea Islands. To talk about this voyage of discovery, Dr Angela Byrne gave a lunchtime lecture, on Tuesday 9 Apr…

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ARINS: Common Ground: A new Irish Times project 50:50

7M ago50:50

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Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Pat Leahy, Political Editor of the Irish Times and Mark Hennessy, Ireland and Britain Editor of the Irish Times. Their conversation focuses on how north-south and east-west relationships are covered in the media and the recently launched Irish Times initiative, 'Common Ground', which examines the constitutional iss…

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ARINS: Does the 'subvention' matter? 55:31

8M ago55:31

55:31

Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Professor John Doyle, VP for research at DCU, Dr Esmond Birnie, senior economist, University of Ulster and Professor Edgar Morgenroth, professor of Economics at DCU to discuss the the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland. Their conversation is based around Doyle's paper arguing that the 'subvention' does n…

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ARINS: Health Law: Convergence and Divergence on the Island of Ireland 50:48

9M ago50:48

50:48

In this month’s ARINS Podcast host Rory Montgomery interviews Dr Andrea Mulligan, Trinity College Dublin, and Dr Clayton Ó Néill, Queens University Belfast, authors of Health Law: Convergence and Divergence on the Island of Ireland. The authors identify the formation of health law north and south across public and private law and the constitutional…

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ARINS/Irish Times Survey '23: New positions and perspectives a year on 56:07

10M ago56:07

56:07

In the January ARINS podcast on the ARINS/IrishTimes survey Rory Montgomery hosts Professors John Garry (QUB) and Brendan O’Leary (UPENN) authors of the survey along with Dr Jamie Pow (QUB). Together they scrutinise the intriguing findings of the ARINS/Irish Times survey and disentangle the answers to seasoned questions asked in the ’22 Survey, whi…

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ARINS: Victims' rights on the island of Ireland 54:33

11M ago54:33

54:33

Anurag Dep is a PhD researcher in law at QUB and Ian Jeffers commissioner for Victims and Survivors in Northern Ireland, soon to be chief executive of Cooperation Ireland speak to our host Rory Montgomery about the legal framework of provision of rights and support to victims of crime in Ireland and Northern Ireland.What legal frameworks support th…

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ARINS: Who is Better Off? The Irish, Northern Irish or the British? 1:00:30

1y ago1:00:30

1:00:30

In this month’s ARINScast Paul Gosling author of 'A New Ireland' and 'Lessons from the Troubles and the Unsettled Peace', shares his insights regarding the quality of life, the standard and cost of living, and disparities in disposable income, (income inequality) in and across Northern Ireland, Ireland and Britain with Professor John Fitzgerald and…

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ARINS: What would reform of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement look like? 1:00:32

1y ago1:00:32

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This month’s ARINS podcast examines how the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement has functioned over the 25 years since it was signed, and how it is currently received. Host Rory Montgomery speaks with Professor Alan Renwick and Conor J. Kelly authors of the UCL constitution unit’s report on Perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Examining Div…

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ARINS: ARINS/IT Survey - why do we focus on focus groups? 55:34

1y ago55:34

55:34

In this ARINS Podcast hosted by Rory Montgomery, Professor Jennifer Todd from UCD and Professor John Doyle DCU discuss their recent article with co-author Dr Joanne McEvoy (University of Aberdeen) titled 'Time for Deliberation, not Decision, on the Shape of a New United Ireland: Evidence from the ARINS Survey focus groups.'Together they explore the…

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ARINScast! 8:10

1y ago8:10

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Discover the ARINS podcast through the clips you hear here. If you want to hear more from any of the podcast episodes included find the episode names below:In order of appearance: Two labour markets - John FitzGerald and Tom McDonnell Police governance, oversight and accountability in a united Ireland - Vicky Conway (RIP) and Roger MacGinty, The AR…

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Window on the Irish soul: A century of Irish stamps 59:00

1y ago59:00

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Lecture title: Window on the Irish soul: A century of Irish stampsSpeaker: Stephen Ferguson, An Post Archivist and Museum CuratorChair: Barbara McCormack, Academy LibrarianThis lecture was recorded on 17 May 2023 and due to popular demand was held again during Heritage Week on 15 August 2023.Shortly after independence in 1922, the new Irish governm…

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A Brief History of the Dublin Metropolitan Cattle Market 52:39

1+ y ago52:39

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The Market was a significant element of the area in the hinterland of Grangegorman from 1863 when it opened first to 1973 when it was closed down. This talk by Dr Mary Muldowney and Dr Declan O'Brien includes extracts from oral history interviews, with a range of people who shared their memories of working in the Market as well as information about…

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ARINS: The Tapestry of International Human Rights Law in Ireland and Northern Ireland 46:57

1+ y ago46:57

46:57

In this month’s ARINS podcast Mapping the Tapestry: National and International Human Rights Frameworks in Northern Ireland and Ireland authors Profs. Kathryn McNeilly, and Aoife O’Donoghue from Queens University Belfast’s School of Law share their research examining legal equivalence in Human Rights law in Ireland and Northern Ireland with our host…

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ARINS: Northern Ireland's Local Elections: Looking at a new political landscape 54:26

1+ y ago54:26

54:26

In this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery is joined by Dr Philip McGuinness lecturer in the Department of Computing Science and Mathematics at Dundalk Institute of Technology to discuss the results of the local elections in Northern Ireland held on 18 May. In the elections to eleven councils across Northern Ireland the nationalist bloc ga…

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Librarian Welcome, Barbara McCormack Welcome and opening remarks 2:54

1+ y ago2:54

2:54

A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Leabhar Breac Connacht And Ceallach, Ruairí Ó hUiginn MRIA 34:42

1+ y ago34:42

34:42

A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Sacred Geography Of The Leabhar Breac, Elizabeth Boyle 34:35

1+ y ago34:35

34:35

A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Leabhar Breac As A Fifteenth - Century Window On The Céli Dé, Westley Follett 33:15

1+ y ago33:15

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A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Rereading The Sermons In The Leabhar Breac, Conor McDonough 30:57

1+ y ago30:57

30:57

A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Ach Ach As Tind Ar Toirrthimm, Nike Stam 33:51

1+ y ago33:51

33:51

A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Critical Strategies In Aislinge Meic Con Glinne From The Leabhar Breac, Anna Chacko 31:29

1+ y ago31:29

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A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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An Leabhar Breac Scribe History And Contents, Nollaig Ó Muraíle MRIA 33:15

1+ y ago33:15

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A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Later History Of The Leabhar Breac, Bernadette Cunningham and Raymond Gillespie MRIA 42:40

1+ y ago42:40

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A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Fort Margan Co Mbáni Bieit Inna Líni Elements Of Readability In The Leabhar Breac, Chantal Kobel 37:12

1+ y ago37:12

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A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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Facsimile Of The Leabhar Breac And The Case For A Diplomatic Edition, Liam Breatnach MRIA 38:10

1+ y ago38:10

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A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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The Flesh That Was Crucified In A Hideous Awful Death, Karen Ralph 35:37

1+ y ago35:37

35:37

Full title: The Flesh That Was Crucified In A Hideous Awful Death The Leabhar Breac and Crucifixion ImageryA two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association …

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Closing Remarks, Ruairí Ó hUiginn MRIA 2:56

1+ y ago2:56

2:56

A two-day conference exploring the historical, ecclesiastical, literary and illustrative aspects of An Leabhar Breac which ran from Thursday 27 April - Friday 28 April 2023 in the Royal Irish Academy.Royal Irish Academy Library in association with the Maynooth University Department of Early Irish, and the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute …

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ARINS: Education across the island of Ireland 35:36

1+ y ago35:36

35:36

In this month’s ARINS podcast, our host Rory Montgomery is joined by Anne Devlin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ESRI, to unpuzzle the findings from the ISIA paper she co-authored with Seamus McGuinness, Adele Bergin and Emer Smyth: 'Education across the Island of Ireland: Examining Educational Outcomes, Earnings and Intergenerational Mobility…

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ARINS: One Good Day 1:04:37

1+ y ago1:04:37

1:04:37

On the 25-year anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, David Donoghue and Tim O’Connor discuss how it came about. In this month’s podcast, host Rory Montgomery—no stranger to the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement negotiations—is joined by two former colleagues from the Department of Foreign Affairs: David Donoghue and Tim O'Connor. Rory’s guests shar…

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ARINS: The Trouble with representing the Troubles in Cinema 47:49

1+ y ago47:49

47:49

In this month’s ARINS podcast Rory Montgomery speaks to Professor Pat Brereton from DCU’s School of Communication and Des O’Rawe from the School of Arts, English and Languages and the Mitchell Institute at QUB about the trouble with filming the Troubles and Northern Ireland. Drawing on Professor Brereton’s article on Troubles and Northern Ireland: …

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ARINS: The ARINS/Irish Times survey: origins and outcomes 52:51

2y ago52:51

52:51

In this month’s podcast host Rory Montgomery explores the inspiration, creation, and collaboration behind the 2022 ARINS/Irish Times survey with John Garry, Professor of Political Behaviour at Queens University Belfast, and Brendan O’Leary Lauder Professor of Political Science at University of Pennsylvania. Together the authors of the survey discus…

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ARINS Irish and Ullan: Language Rights and Politics 45:56

2y ago45:56

45:56

In this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery is joined by Róisín Costello, Assistant Professor in Law at DCU and author of 'To be British, Irish, or Both: Understanding Language Rights as a Tool for Reconciliation in Northern Ireland' and Brian Ó’Conchubhair, Associate Professor of Irish Language and Literature at University of Notre Dame, a…

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The Island Praeger Found - John Feehan 52:46

2y ago52:46

52:46

'The Island Praeger Found', a lecture by John Feehan (author of the book 'Clare Island'), which he gave in the Royal Irish Academy on Wednesday, 16 November 2022 to a live and online audience. This lecture was organised to celebrate the completion of the New Survey of Clare Island, a series that is built on the pioneering work of the first Clare Is…

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ARINS: One island, two labour markets 53:13

2y ago53:13

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In this month’s podcast host Rory Montgomery discusses John FitzGerald’s article, one island two labour markets with the author, and respondent and Nevin Economic Research Institute's Tom McDonnell, investigating how divergent paths taken by Ireland and the United Kingdom have shaped two distinct labour markets north and south connected through Bri…

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