THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

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Membership

  • Victor Frederick Dixon

    BA, MA, PhD(Cantab 1954, 1959, 1959), MA(Dubl 1976). FTCD Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Studies, TCD Member, PL&A 2007

  • Alan DW Dobson

    BSc(NUI 1981), PhD(NUI 1985), DSc(NUI 2005). CBiol Professor, UCC Member, Science 2013

  • Raymond Dolan

    MB, BCh BAO, MD (NUI 1977, 1988), FRS Mary Kinross Professor of Neuropsychiatry, University College London. Honorary Member, Science 2011

  • James Oliver Dolly

    BSc, MSc(NUI 1966, 1968), PhD(Wales 1972), DSc(Lond 2002) Director, International Centre for Neurotherapeutics, DCU Member, Science 2007

  • Patricia Donlon

    PhD, DLitt, DipLis Retired Director, National Library of Ireland Member, PL&A 1992

  • Hastings Donnan

    BA (QUB 1975), DPhil (Sussex 1981), FBA, FAcSS Chair, Michel Déon Judging Panel Professor of Anthropology and Director, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, QUB Member, PL&A 2001

  • Marie C Donnelly

    BSc(NUI 1975), MBA(Dubl 1977) Chair, Climate Change Advisory Council Member, Science 2022

  • Dervilla M.X. Donnelly

    BSc, PhD, DSc, ScD(hc DUB), DSc(hc QUB), DSc(hc Nottm) LLD(hc NUI) Emerita Professor of Phytochemistry UCD and Chair, DIAS Foundation Member, Science 1968

  • Gary Donohoe

    BA, BD, HDipPsych, MPsychSc(NUI), MA, DClinPsych, PhD(Dubl) Professor of Psychology, University of Galway Member, Science 2022

  • Fiona Maria Doohan

    BSc(NUI 1994), PhD(Open University 1998) Professor of Plant Health, UCD Member, Science 2022

  • Sean Dorgan

    BComm, MEcomSc(NUI 1971, 1972) Former Chairman, Ulster Bank Group and Chairman, Irish Management Institute Member, PL&A 2010

  • Charles James Dorman

    BSc(NUI), PhD(Dubl), MA(Dubl), ScD(Dubl). FTCD Professor of Microbiology, TCD Member, Science 2005

  • Noel Dorr

    BA, BComm, HDipEd(NUI 1954,1955), MA(Georgetown 1977) Retired Diplomat/Civil Servant Member, PL&A 2008

  • Mary Rita Doyle

    BCs European Studies (NUI 1977), MSc (Mgt) Policy and International Relations Secretary Member, PL&A 2022

  • John Gerard Doyle

    BSc(QUB 1977), PhD(QUB 1980) Research Astronomer, Armagh Observatory Member, Science 2006

  • Luke O'Connor Drury

    PhD(Cantab) Management Board of the European Group of ICSU Members and Chair, ALLEA Open Science Taskforce Emeritus Professor, DIAS Member, Science 1995

  • Eamon Duffy

    BA (Hull 1968), PhD (Cantab 1972), DD (Cantab 1994), DD (hc Durham 2013), DLitt (hc Pontifical Institute, Toronto 2013). FBA Professor of History of Christianity, Magdelene College, Cambridge Honorary Member, PL&A 2012

  • David Norman Dumville

    BA, MA (Cantab), PhD (Edin), MA (hc Penn), FRHS, FRSAI. Chair in History, Palaeography & Celtic, University of Aberdeen Honorary Member, PL&A 2009

  • Fidelma Dunne

    MB BCh BAO (NUIG 1984), MD(NUI 1990), PhD(Birmingham 1994), MMedEd(Dundee 2000), MClinTrials(NUI 2015) Academic Clinician Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Galway Member, Science 2024

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