Public Engagement

New Executive Secretary appointed

Ireland’s leading body of experts in the humanities and sciences, the Royal Irish Academy, has appointed Dr. Tony Gaynor as its Executive Secretary.

'The Irish dimension to British history: from the Act of Union to Brexit'

Watch Sir David Cannedine addresses the key issues in Irish history within the context of British history from the early 1800s and the Act of Union, through to the current Brexit situation.

RJ Hunter Fellowship Event

Listen to Gerard Farrell speak about ‘An ethnohistory of Gaelic Ulster, 1500-1700’ and David Heffernan on ‘The Goldsmiths Company of London and the Londonderry Plantation under James I, c. 1609–25'.

'Women in government: four Tanaisti in conversation'

View our discourse marking the centenary of the 1918 parliamentary elections online now.

Suffrage poem reading at the United Nations

Watch author Eavan Boland, Hon. MRIA, read her commemorative poem on UN television

Winner of €10,000 Michel Déon Prize announced

The winner of the inaugural Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction is Breandán Mac Suibhne for his book The End of Outrage: Post-Famine Adjustment in Rural Ireland

Chris Bean discusses 'Recent insights into how the Earth works: embracing uncertainty'

Watch an interview and full discourse with Professor Chris Bean in which he discusses predictability and uncertainty in forecasting volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides.

Michel Déon Prize Shortlist Announced

The six shortlisted titles for the inaugural Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction has been announced today.

Royal Irish Academy Public Discourse Series 2018/19 sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran

Between September 2018 and April 2019, this Series will include expert speakers on a wide range of subjects including cybersecurity, the experience of female politicians at the highest ranks of Irish parliamentary...

To mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the world renowned Eastern Tomb at Knowth, we are publishing free online our six books on Excavations at Knowth via the Digital Repository of Ireland.