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Book of Fenagh 500th anniversary online exhibition
An exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of the making of the Book of Fenagh.
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Standing Committee for Archaeology
The Standing Committee for Archaeology was established in September 2014 and is a standing committee within the Academy’s Historical Studies committee. The committee plays a key role in the assessment and administration of a number of our grant programmes. The programmes include the Archaeology C14...
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Art and Architecture of Ireland
Art and Architecture of Ireland is an authoritative and fully illustrated account of the art and architecture of Ireland from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century.
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Higher education and research policy
Our higher education and research policy work supports the higher education sector in several ways, from helping to identify the funding needs of higher education institutions to understanding how best to support greater equality, diversity and inclusion in higher education.
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Rural conversations
Rural Conversations was a series of three stakeholder roundtable events produced in collaboration with the Department of Rural and Community Development. The series provided a discussion forum for rural development stakeholders and took place in three cluster regions: the west, the north-east and the south-east. The...
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Members Research Series
Members Research Series The Royal Irish Academy champions research in the Sciences and Humanities. We are an all-island independent forum of peer-elected experts who recognise world class researchers and champion Irish academic research. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities...
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Affiliated international prizes
The Royal Irish Academy is a member of several global academic networks and international scholarly associations. We work to raise the international profile of Ireland’s researchers and research networks, strengthen the voice of the sciences, humanities and social sciences and support international collaboration and mobility through...
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Engineering and Computer Sciences Committee
The Engineering and Computer Science Committee is an all-island multidisciplinary committee formed in September 2014. Committee members represent academia, media, industry and government. The main functions of the committee are to address issues of national and international concern through a programme of works, advise the...
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1916 Portraits and Lives
In 1966, 15 major stations were named after people who played a significant role in the Easter rising and were subsequently executed. To mark the centenary of the rising, the Royal Irish Academy and the Office of Public Works commissioned the artist David Rooney to...
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A history of Ireland in 10 words digital exhibition
The words we use say something fundamental about us and how we think. They give others an indication of what we know, what is important to us, and how we perceive our environment. The words that have come down to us from Gaelic Ireland are...
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Standing Committee for International Affairs
The Standing Committee for International Affairs was established in September 2014. It is a standing committee within the Academy’s Social Sciences Committee. The committee works closely with the Academy’s publication team to produce the Irish Studies in International Affairs journal. In conjunction with this, the committee...
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A history of Ireland in 100 words campaign
A history of Ireland in 100 words is a book and now a touring exhibition and a citywide banner campaign. This project tells a history of Ireland by looking at the development of a selection of medieval Irish words drawn from the Royal Irish Academy’s...
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International relations
We support international collaboration in research and higher education and promote the participation of Irish experts in international public policy groups responding to global challenges.
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Grants
Grants The Royal Irish Academy made grants to over 40 projects in 2018, spanning disciplines from Archaeology to Pharmacy. In line with its aims and remit the RIA has a long history of promoting, supporting and communicating research. The Academy began providing research grants in...
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ARINS
ARINS - Analysis and Research: Ireland North and South is an authoritative, independent and non-partisan reference point for those seeking research and analysis about future constitutional, institutional and policy options for the island of Ireland.
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Prizes
The Royal Irish Academy recognises excellence and inspires future generations of thought-leaders by awarding the Hamilton and Kathleen Lonsdale prizes. These prizes serve as both recognition of accomplishments and incentives to scholars and early career researchers to endeavour. The Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction supports and champions writing talent to sustain his legacy in celebrating...
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Life and Health Sciences Committee
The Life and Medical Sciences Committee is an all-island multidisciplinary committee formed in September 2014. The committee’s membership represents academia, industry, media, and other interest groups. The primary functions of the committee are to address issues of national and international interest through a programme of...
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Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources
DMLCS helps build a research infrastructure to interpret Western European thought from writings penned across a thousand years of history.
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Catching the worm digital exhibition
William C. Campbell's quiet retirement changed abruptly when, at the age of 85, he won a Nobel Prize for his work on the discovery of ivermectin. Ivermectin has transformed the lives of millions who suffered from river blindness, and is now being investigated for possible...
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Social Sciences Committee
The multi-disciplinary committee was established in September 2014 with members from across academia, professional organisations and agencies on the island of Ireland. The second iteration of the committee was established in September 2018 for its four-year term.
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Discovering Thomas Moore: Ireland in nineteenth-century Europe online exhibition
Find out more about Moore! A new exhibition at the Royal Irish Academy Library, in collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast.
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Ireland-UK relations
We work with academies in the UK to support a positive future for research and innovation collaborations. We support the establishment of a research environment that facilitates highly skilled researchers working in Ireland and the UK to easily collaborate, share knowledge and access supports and...
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