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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R.J. Hunter Research Bursary Scheme

R.J. Hunter Research Bursaries Awarded 2023

30 May 2023

Please click download to view a list of the most recent R.J. Hunter Research Bursaries awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2024.

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Sexuality and Social Control: Presbyterians in Ireland and North America, 1717-1830

01 March 2023

Research activities in connection with a new publication entitled "Sex, Scandal and Sin: Presbyterians in Ireland and North America, 1717-1830".

Leanne Calvert Download

From the plat to the field: a new view on the escheated maps of Ulster

01 March 2023

This research employs a mixed-method approach to investigate the surveying practices used to map the Plantation in Ulster during the first decade of the seventeenth century.

Catherine Porter Download

Mapping Cavan: From Plantation to Brexit

28 August 2022

This project examines the extent to which county Cavan, has been mapped and surveyed over the past four centuries.

Jonathan Cherry Download

R.J. Hunter Research Bursaries Awarded 2021/2022

30 March 2022

Please click download to view a list of the most recent R.J. Hunter Research Bursaries awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2023.

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Understanding and recording cillíní locations, folklore and oral history through community engagement in County Fermanagh (Summer 2021)

19 October 2021

This project focused on surveying and recording the locations, folklore, and oral history of cillíní (children’s burial grounds) across County Fermanagh.

Courtney Mundt Download

R.J. Hunter Research Bursaries Awarded 2020/2021

22 February 2021

Please click download to view a list of the most recent R.J. Hunter Research Bursaries awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2022.

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