Books published by Royal Irish Academy

Can a long-term perspective on human adaptations to climate change inform Ireland's response to the crisis we face today?Climate and Society in Ireland is a collection of essays, commissioned by the Royal Irish Academy, that provides a multi-period, interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most important challenges currently facing humanity.

The subject of the book is the remarkable `pictorial map' of Galway, which was produced in the mid-seventeenth century.

'The Tain' is a legendary Irish tale which tells of a war against Ulster by the Connacht queen Medb and her husband Ailill, who intend to steal the stud bull Donn Cuailnge, and are challenged by the hero Cu Chulainn. This third edition of 'Stories from the Tain', edited by John Strachan, is an essential text-book for beginners in Old-Irish.