A unique archive acquired by Pembroke College Cambridge transforms our understanding of the two poets, showing how they drew career-defining inspiration from a little known friendship circle, and a shared passion for Ireland, water and fishing, spanning five decades.
Researchers from Cambridge and Queen’s ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Belfast have identified and defined 500 Irish words, many of which had been lost, and unlocked the secrets of many other misunderstood terms. Their findings can now be freely accessed in the revised version of the online dictionary of Medieval Irish ().
As Ireland marks the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf – portrayed as a heroic encounter between Irish and Vikings which defined the nation’s identity - new research argues that our main source for what happened may be more literary history than historical fact.
A new book by a Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. ̽»¨Ö±²¥Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible consequences: 1 million people died and several million left Ireland. Today the world is watching as millions in Africa face a similar fate: starvation in the midst of plenty. Dr David Nally’s analysis of what happened in his native Ireland less than two centuries ago reveals some shocking parallels with what is happening in Africa.
Published 400 years ago, the first comprehensive atlas of Great Britain is being celebrated by Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library, home to one of only five surviving proof sets, all of which differ in their composition.
̽»¨Ö±²¥first-hand testimonies of thousands of people who witnessed the bloody rebellion that paved the way for centuries of sectarian conflict in Ireland have been released online.
Scientists explore huge volume of molten rock now frozen into the crust under the ocean’s floor.
John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history - the rebellion of 1641.
Books were replaced by boots as a team from Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library travelled to Edinburgh last weekend for the inaugural Copyright Cup football tournament.
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