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Library Audio and Video Collections
A series of audio and video recording of public lectures and conferences in addition to other digital collections hosted by the by the Royal Irish Academy library.
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Dublin Festival of History 2020
The Dublin Festival of History is an annual free festival, brought to you by Dublin City Council, and organised by Dublin City Libraries. Find out more about Academy contributions to the festival...
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Royal Irish Academy
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...
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Dublin Talks
Sponsored by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and Dublin City Council, this series of inspiring talks showcases the best of Irish Research in an accessible way. Dublin Talks has been annually organised by the Royal Irish Academy since 2012 with each talk recorded and made available online.
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Research Programmes
The Royal Irish Academy currently runs seven academic research projects at the leading edge of scholarship in their respective disciplines. These and their research outputs give the institution particular academic strengths in Irish history, cartography, digital archives and lexicography. Academy projects combine with areas in which the...
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'Views of Dublin: original watercolours by George Petrie, MRIA, 1790-1866' online exhibition
The Library's exhibition 'Views of Dublin: original watercolours by George Petrie, MRIA, 1790-1866' may have ended but you can now view it online.
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Annual Review
Each year the Academy publishes a report on our activities.
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Coiste Léann na Gaeilge agus an Léinn Cheiltigh
Is é aidhm Choiste Léann na Gaeilge ná fóram a thabhairt chun gurbh fhéidir do na baill a ghlacann páirt ann Léann na Gaeilge a chur chun cinn go náisiúnta, agus go hidirnáisiúnta, agus údarás an Acadaimh leo./The purpose of Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, Litríocht...
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Educational Resources
The Royal Irish Academy has developed resources that are of use in the classroom. The goal is to motivate and inspire primary, second level and third level students on the island of Ireland. The resources include free access to Art and Architecture of Ireland and the Dictionary of...
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Biosciences
We work with sister academies across the world to provide evidence to inform policy development in health and agriculture.
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Heritage Podcast
This is a series of eight 20 minute podcasts by academic researchers and leaders of major Irish heritage institutions. The series addresses questions of critical importance in Irish heritage. Opportunities and challenges of preservation and protection of Irish cultural heritage are addressed. It also provides...
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Heritage Week 2020
National Heritage Week celebrates all things heritage. In 2020, the Academy celebrated Heritage Week with a series of online contributions including exhibitions on the treasures of the Royal Irish Academy Library and more, the launch of the Digital Atlas of Dungarvan, some highlights of the archival...
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New Survey of Clare Island
The Royal Irish Academy’s New Survey of Clare Island, a unique multidisciplinary endeavour that together with Robert Lloyd Praeger’s first Clare Island Survey provides an invaluable body of research informing future conservation of natural and built heritage of Ireland and Europe.
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Science Committees
The Academy committees build public engagement and understanding of the Sciences, humanities and social sciences.
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'Prodigies of learning': Academy women in the nineteenth century online exhibition
An exhibition exploring the varied worlds of five women selected as Honorary Members of the Academy in the nineteenth century.
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The Book of Ballymote and the Royal Irish Academy, 1785-2015 online exhibition
An online exhibition looking at some of the scholarly works undertaken on the Book of Ballymote an iconic and hugely important 14th-century Irish manuscript.
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Young Academy of Ireland
Young Academy Ireland launches for Early Career Researchers and innovators across Ireland
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Historical Studies Committee
The committee was established in September 2014 with members from across academia professional organisations and agencies on the island of Ireland.
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Grangegorman Histories
Grangegorman Histories is a public history programme of research and shared discovery of the Grangegorman site and surrounding communities.
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Culture and heritage
We support the discussion and exchange of opinions and ideas on contemporary Irish cultural and heritage policy and practice.
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Facilities and room hire
Academy House is a fine red brick building dating from c.1756 which is four bays wide and there are four storeys over basement. The building houses the library, administrative offices and meeting rooms of the Royal Irish Academy. The Academy allows the use of these...
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Library Exhibitions
The Library regularly organises exhibitions highlighting its rich collections of books, prints, drawings and manuscripts.
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Documents on Irish Foreign Policy
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) is a public history research programme 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...
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.
Read more about the RIA