Ireland

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14 Nov 2020

A unique archive acquired by Pembroke College Cambridge transforms our understanding of the two poets, showing how they drew career-defining...

30 Aug 2019

Researchers from Cambridge and Queen’s ̽��ֱ�� Belfast have identified and defined 500 Irish words, many of which had been lost, and unlocked the...

23 Apr 2014

As Ireland marks the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf – portrayed as a heroic encounter between Irish and Vikings which defined the nation’s...

19 Jul 2011

A new book by a Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. ̽��ֱ��Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible...

21 Apr 2011

Published 400 years ago, the first comprehensive atlas of Great Britain is being celebrated by Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Library, home to one of only five...

25 Oct 2010

̽��ֱ��first-hand testimonies of thousands of people who witnessed the bloody rebellion that paved the way for centuries of sectarian conflict in...

27 Mar 2008

Scientists explore huge volume of molten rock now frozen into the crust under the ocean’s floor.

01 Feb 2008

John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history - the rebellion of 1641.

06 Jun 2007

Books were replaced by boots as a team from Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Library travelled to Edinburgh last weekend for the inaugural Copyright Cup football...

02 Oct 2006

Two Cambridge students have collected prizes at the UK’s most important awards ceremony for science and engineering undergraduates.