# The Royal Irish Academy Library with Barbara McCormack

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Podcast: [The Medieval Irish History Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-medieval-irish-history-podcast-6716519)
Published: 2025-05-16T08:54:14+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, we chat about the incredible academic and public resource that is the Library in the Royal Irish Academy. Academy Librarian Barbara McCormack tells us all about the collection of medieval manuscripts including some of Ireland's oldest manuscripts the Cathach of Columba and the Stowe Missal. Please visit the library yourself or check out the collections: https://www.ria.ie/library/visiting-the-library/ and https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/ria.html Barbara is responsible for the strategic direction of the Library and Archive, the information services provided by the Library, and the curation of the world’s largest collection of manuscripts in the Irish language, as well as numerous other manuscript and archival collections, books and collections in other formats. You can get tickets to the events Barbara discussed here: https://www.ria.ie/events/ For more on the Stowe Missal see the blog by Lars Nooij here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/bringing-the-stowe-missal-to-life/ Regular episodes every two weeks (on a Friday) Email: medievalirishhistory@gmail.com X (formerly Twitter): @EarlyIrishPod Supported by Maynooth University, especially the International Centre for Irish Cultural Heritage, the Dept of Early Irish, the Dept of Music, the Dept of History, & Taighde Éireann/Research Ireland. Views expressed are the speakers' own.

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