Milking the bee and Smoking the hookah
Posted by Nadia (Assistant Librarian) May 25, 2010 at 12:30
It’s official: the letters in the George F. FitzGerald Collection will never stop to amaze and surprise me. Believe it or not, this time they taught me how to milk a bee with a stool and a bucket!...
RDS Members' Trip to the Giant's Causeway
Posted by Susan (Members' Events Coordinator) May 24, 2010 at 17:00
On Saturday, April 24, a group of RDS Members led by Drs Chris Nicholas and Claire Mulhall (geologists) headed for the Antrim coast to spend two days learning about the history of the area and to be amazed by a history which is measured in units of a million years as a basic measurement of time...
Talented Young Thing!
Posted by Alexis Steberger (RDS Foundation Administrator) May 24, 2010 at 13:00
22-year old French horn player Joseph Ryan won this year’s €10,000 RDS Music Bursary Award. Out of a pool of incredibly talented young musicians, Joseph emerged as the winner.
Get Involved with the RDS Membership Blog!
Posted by Emma (Administrator) May 21, 2010 at 16:00
Welcome to the RDS Membership Blog! Our Membership team will post regularly on the blog to keep you informed about the exciting cultural, business and networking events taking place throughout the year.
Your treasure is our treasure
Posted by Nadia (Assistant Librarian) May 21, 2010 at 09:30
Many of you have been members of the RDS for a long time and have a special connection with a particular book in the Library. Others have just joined the Society, but they couldn't help falling in love with that special book...
Crafts entries are in!
Posted by Alexis Steberger (Foundation Administrator) May 21, 2010 at 09:00
Thanks to everyone for entering this year's RDS National Craft Competition. The deadline has now passed and the judges are hard at work shortlisting all the entries. Check back on the crafts page for information on deadlines and dates for the exhibitions.
The Dublin Method, cancer treatment and the RDS
Posted by Claire Mulhall (Foundation Activities Manager) May 12, 2010 at 16:30
I never cease to be amazed about the things that the RDS has done for Irish people both directly and indirectly since it was founded in 1731. When tweeting our forthcoming lecture on cancer treatment it occurred to me that by organising this lecture, the RDS was continuing an association with cancer research that began back in 1904.
What electronic resources do you dream about at night?
Posted by Senan (Assistant Librarian) May 12, 2010 at 11:00
This is just a quick note to update those of you interested in electronic resources...
My Dear Pope: a letter from the future
Posted by Nadia (Assistant Librarian) May 04, 2010 at 11:30
We all know that the greatest discoveries happen when people are looking for something else, like Columbus who discovered America when he was looking for India. This “propensity for making fortuitous discoveries while looking for something unrelated” is called serendipity...
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