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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Past Members

  • Adrian Patrick Hardiman

    BA(NUI, 1972), BL(Kings Inns, 1974, Middle Temple, 1988), SC(1989), Bencher (Kings Inns, 2000), Master of the Bench(Middle Temple, 2006) Judge Member, PL&A 2006

  • Maurice Harmon

    MA, PhD(NUI), DHumL(UC) Emeritus Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama, UCD , PL&A 1976

  • Joseph Pedlow Haughton

    MA, MSc(Dubl). FTCD Retired Professor of Geography, TCD , Science 1961

  • Michael Alphonsus Hayes

    BSc, MSc(NUI), PhD(Brown, RI), DSc(NUI) Member, Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars; Former Secretary General, International Union on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Retired Professor of Mathematical Physics, UCD , Science 1980

  • Maurice N. Hayes

    LLD(hc), LLM Chairman of the National Forum on Europe and Former Senator, Dáil Éireann. Member, PL&A 1997

  • Miriam Hederman O'Brien

    PhD(Dubl, 1980), Barrister at Law(Kings Inns Dublin, 1954), BA(Dubl, 1953), PhD(hc Maynooth 1995), LLD(hc NUI 2001), LLD(hc UU 2002) Public Policy Analyst/Lawyer. , PL&A 2005

  • Michael Herity

    MA, PhD Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, UCD Member, PL&A 1980

  • Gordon Leslie Herries Davies

    MA(Dubl, Manc), PhD(Dubl). FTCD(Emeritus) Retired Professor of Geography, TCD , Science 1979

  • Charles Hepworth Holland

    BSc(Manc 1950), MA(Dubl 1968), PhD(Lond 1956) Emeritus FTCD, Former Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, TCD. , Science 1971

  • George Leonard Huxley

    BA, MA, LittD(hc Dubl), DLitt(hc QUB) Adjunct Professor of Mathematics and Ancient Classics, NUIM, Honorary Professor of Classics, TCD , PL&A 1971

  • Helmut Jäger

    University of Würzburg Honorary Member, PL&A 1990

  • Edward Jeauneau

    Professor, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, University of Toronto Honorary Member, PL&A 1991

  • Michael Thomas Kane

    BAgrSc, MAgrSc(NUI 1964, 1965), PhD(Cornell, 1969), DSc Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Galway , Science 2007

  • Arthur Edward Kingston

    BSc, PhD(QUB 1956, 1960) Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Atomic Physics, QUB , Science 1985

  • Brian Edmund Leonard

    BSc(NUI 1959), PhD(Birm, NUI 1962), DSc(NUI 1976) Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, University of Galway , Science 1983

  • Tom Lodge

    BA(York 1974), B Phil(York 1975), D Phil(York 1985) University Lecturer, UL , PL&A 2019

  • Rolf Loeber

    Doctoral degree, (University of Amsterdam 1969), PhD (QU. Kingston, Ontario,Canada, 1972)Doctoral degree, (University of Amsterdam 1969), PhD (QU. Kingston, Ontario,Canada, 1972) Historian and Professor of Juvenile Delinquency and Social Development, Free University of Amsterdam and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh , PL&A 2008

  • Gearóid S. Mac Eoin

    BA, MA(NUI), DPhil(Bonn) Emeritus Professor of Old and Middle Irish and Celtic Philology, University of Galway , PL&A 1975

  • Amyan Macfadyen

    MA, DSc(Oxon) Emeritus Professor of Biology, UU Member, Science 1980

  • Thomas Francis Malone

    Distinguished Scholar Emeritus in Geophysics, North Carolina State University Honorary Member, Science 1989

  • Patrick McArdle

    BSc, PhD, DSc(NUI) Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Galway , Science 1998

  • Matthew F McCarthy

    PhD(Nottm), DSc(NUI) Retired Professor of Mathematical Physics, NUIG Member, Science 1987

  • Carmel McCarthy

    BA, MA(NUI 1966, 1968) STL, STD(Fribourg 1972,1980) Emerita Professor of Hebrew and Syriac, UCD , PL&A 2008

  • John McCloskey

    BSc, PGCD, PhD. Chair in Natural Hazards Science, Edinburgh , Science 2012

  • John Joseph McGarvey

    BSc(QUB 1960), PhD(QUB 1964). CChem Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Visiting Research Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Centre for Experimental Medicine, QUB , Science 2012

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