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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Library lunchtime lecture: Window on the Irish soul – a century of Irish stamps
Join us for a library lecture on Ireland’s stamps and changing national image by Stephen Ferguson, An Post Archivist & Museum Curator.
Library lunchtime lecture: A century of Irish stamps
To help us celebrate National Heritage Week 2023, Stephen Ferguson, An Post Archivist & Museum Curator will deliver a lunchtime lecture at RIA Library on Ireland’s stamps and changing national image.
Exhibition: Ireland and the birth of Europe
This illustrated exhibition tells the story of the part played by Irish scholars and missionaries in the early history of the European idea.
Culture Night at the Royal Irish Academy
We are delighted to announce that the Royal Irish Academy will once again be participating in Culture Night on Friday 22 September 2023 and will be open to the public from 17:00 to 21:00.
Culture Night: Explore our Library
Come and visit the nineteenth century Reading Room, our library collection of over 116,000 items is at the heart of the Royal Irish Academy.
Gone and forgotten?: reflections on the Roman empire in early Ireland
Join us for a lunchtime library lecture as part of the Dublin Festival of History on early Irish writer's representations of Imperial Rome by Dr Damian Bracken, UCC School of History.
Exhibition: The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853
This exhibition tells the story of the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853 which took place on the grounds of Leinster House, Dublin.
HER-ald: HER archives, literature, documents
Join us for an interdisciplinary one-day seminar which aims to enhance the visibility of Irish women in archival collections.
Library lunchtime lecture | Cynthia Longfield and the St George expedition of 1924: the making of an entomologist
The Library is holding a lunchtime lecture to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of Cynthia Longfield's adventure on the St George Expedition.
Institutional and private libraries in early modern Ireland
Dr Máire Kennedy and Dr Jason McElligott share the history of private and institutional libraries in early modern Ireland.
