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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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Friday, 26 August 2022

Read Brian Hanley's essay on State Terror on Century Ireland.

Publications, Ireland 1922

17 August 1922: The disbandment of the Royal Irish Constabulary

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

Read Brian Hughes essay on Southern Irish Loyalist experiences of migration on Century Ireland.

Publications, Ireland 1922

13 August 1922: The destruction of Mitchelstown Castle

Saturday, 13 August 2022

Read Terence Dooley's article on the Irish Revolution and Country House burnings on Century Ireland.

Publications, Ireland 1922

12 August 1922: Death of a statesman

Friday, 12 August 2022

Read Eunan Ó Halpin's essay on the fading of Arthur Griffith on Century Ireland. 

Publications, Ireland 1922

Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Read Joanna Bruck and Damian Sheils' essay on Landscapes of counter-memory on Century Ireland. 

Publications, Ireland 1922

9 August 1922: The reopening of Clery's department store

Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Read Fionnuala Walsh's essay on ordinary life in extraordinary times on Century Ireland. 

Publications, Ireland 1922

3 August 1922: The Abandoned Tailteann Games

Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Read Paul Rouse's essay on sport, nationality and partition on Century Ireland. 

Publications, Ireland 1922

RIA author John Gibney at Milwaukee Irish Festival

Tuesday, 2 August 2022

If you are in Milwaukee this August, join historian and RIA author John Gibney for three talks as part of the Festival's Hedge School.

Publications, Ireland 1922

Reforming the Agreement: A Dublin view

Thursday, 14 July 2022

In the Republic the Good Friday Agreement is seen as a towering achievement of Irish diplomacy and statecraft. But while the public and politicians are mostly spared the direct consequences of the failure of the...

Publications, ARINS - Analysis and Research: Ireland North and South

13 July 1922: Jim Larkin lectures the Irish Republican League of Canada

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Read Patrick Mannion's essay on diasporic nationalism in North America on Century Ireland.

Publications, Ireland 1922

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