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.
Read more about the RIADocuments on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) is a public history project for the study of modern Irish history through diplomacy. DIFP aims to make the history of Irish foreign policy accessible to all and promotes public engagement with the history of Ireland’s international relations. DIFP is a partnership project of the Royal Irish Academy, the National Archives, and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Applications are invited for the fixed-term temporary position of Researcher at the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series to research, write and co-ordinate the publication of a number of outputs to mark the 50th anniversary of Ireland’s membership of the European Union.
Following the huge success of the National Archives' The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives exhibition, a limited edition illustrated book has been published in partnership with the RIA and a national tour of the exhibition will take place over the coming months.
On Monday 6 December 2021 the National Archives' centenary exhibition on the Anglo-Irish Treaty, The Treaty, 1921: Records from the Archives, presented in partnership with the RIA, OPW and NLI, was opened by Taoiseach Michael Martin TD, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD, and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin TD.
12 volumes covering the years from 1919 onwards
