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Gold Medal recipients

Royal Irish Academy Gold Medals awarded since 2005.

2005

  • John Dillon MRIA - Humanities
  • Michael Coey MRIA - Physical & Mathematical Sciences

2006

  • Peter Neary MRIA - Social Sciences
  • James Dooge MRIA - Engineering Sciences

2007

  • George Eogan MRIA - Humanities
  • John Fuller Atkins MRIA - Life Sciences

2008

  • David Livingstone MRIA - Social Sciences
  • Charles Hepworth Holland MRIA - Environmental Sciences & Geosciences

2010

  • Cormac Ó Gráda MRIA - Humanities
  • Samson Shatashvili MRIA - Physical & Mathematical Sciences

2011

  • William Schabas MRIA - Social Sciences
  • John O Scanlan MRIA - Engineering Sciences

2012

  • Dermot Moran MRIA - Humanities
  • Luke O’Neill MRIA - Life Sciences

2013

  • Rob Kitchin MRIA - Social Sciences
  • Colin O’Dowd MRIA - Environmental Sciences & Geosciences

2014

  • Desmond Clarke MRIA - Humanities
  • Werner Nahm MRIA - Physical & Mathematical Sciences

2015

  • Philip R Lane MRIA - Social Sciences
  • Alan F Smeaton MRIA - Engineering Sciences

2016

  • Louis Cullen MRIA - Humanities
  • Fergus Shanahan MRIA - Life Sciences

2017

  • Malcolm MacLachlan MRIA - Social Sciences
  • Professor John J. Walsh MRIA - Environmental Sciences & Geosciences

2018

  • Kathleen James-Chakraborty MRIA - Humanities
  • Stephen J. Smartt MRIA - Physical & Mathematical Sciences

2019

  • Richard English MRIA - Social Sciences
  • Vincent Fusco MRIA - Engineering Sciences

2020

  • Mary E. Daly MRIA – Humanities
  • Daniel Bradley MRIA – Life Sciences

2021

  • Ruth M.J. Byrne MRIA - Social Sciences
  • Jennifer C. McElwain MRIA- Environmental Sciences and Geosciences

2023

 

  • Jane Ohlmeyer MRIA - Humanities
  • Jonathan N. Coleman MRIA - Physical and Mathematical Sciences

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