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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Frank Mitchell, who served as president of the Royal Irish Academy from 1976 to 1979, enjoyed an international reputation as geologist, botanist, archaeologist, ornithologist, geographer, social historian and author. He was the author of Man and Environment in Valencia Island (1989).