Members Directory

Professor Cormac Ó Gráda

MA, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Economics, Business And Management Sciences

Elected in 1994

Offices held: On Council: 2002-03

Awards: 2010 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Humanities

Professor Anngret Simms

Staatsexamen(Cologne), PhD(Giessen)

Professor Emerita, School of Geography and Planning, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 1994

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 1998-00, VP 2000-01, 2001-02, 2006-07, VP 2007-08, 2008-10, 2017-21

Professor Kenneth Adrian Dawson

MSc, DPhil(Oxon)

Professor of Physical Chemistry, University College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 1994

Professor Pádraig de Brún

MA, DLitt

Former Professor of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies  

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Irish Language, Literary And Cultural Studies

Elected in 1994

Professor David William Halton

BSc, PhD, DSc(Leeds). FRSB

Emeritus Professor of Parasitology, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 1994

Professor Peter Augustine Hogan

BSc(1969), MSc(1970), PhD(1972), DSc(1988)

Professor of Mathematical Physics, University College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

Elected in 1994

Professor Peter John Bowler

BA(Cantab), MSc(Sussex), PhD(Toronto). FBA

Retired Professor, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 1993

Professor Roger Roger Graham Little

MA(Dubl), PhD(Dunelm), LittD(Dubl). FTCD

Retired Professor of French, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies

Elected in 1993

Professor Marianne McDonald

BA(Bryn Mawr), MA(Chicago), PhD(Calif), DLitt(hc Athens 1994, NUI 1994, Thessaloniki 1997, Dubl 2001

Distinguished Professor Overscale, University of San Diego

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Classics

Elected in 1993

Professor Paul Martin Sharp

BSc, PhD(Edin 1979, 1982). FRS, FRSE

Professor of Genetics, University of Edinburgh

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 1993

Professor Roger Andrew Stalley

MA(Oxon), MA(Lond), MA(Dubl). FTCD

Former Professor of History of Art, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Musicology And History Of Art And Architecture

Elected in 1993

Offices held: On Council: 2000-02, 2013-17, VP 2014-17

Dr Patrick Francis Wallace

BA, PhD(NUI), DPhil(hc Roskilde 2007). FSA, Order of the Dannebrog

Director Emeritus, National Museum of Ireland

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Archaeology

Elected in 1993

Professor Andrew David Hastings Mayes

MA(Dubl), PhD(Edin), LittD(Dubl). FTCD(Emeritus)

Former Erasmus Smith's Professor of Hebrew, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Classics

Elected in 1992

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2004-05, SVP 2005-08, 2008-09

Professor Terence Peter McCord Brown

GMG, MA, PhD(Dubl)

Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 1992

Offices held: On Council: 1997-98

Dr Patricia Donlon

PhD, DLitt, DipLis

Retired Director, National Library of Ireland, National Library of Ireland

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 1992

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 1994-95, VP 1995-96, 1996-98

Professor James Joseph Alexander Heffron

BSc, PhD, DSc(NUI). FRSC, CChem

Professor of Biochemistry, University College Cork

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 1992

Offices held: On Council: 2001-06

Awards: RIA Medal in Biochemistry (1991).

Dr John Hegarty

BSc, MA, MSc, PhD(NUI), ScD

Provost Emeritus, Professor of Laser Physics, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

Elected in 1992

Offices held: On Council: 2000-01

Dr Neil Patrick Keatinge

BA(Dubl), MSc(LSE), PhD(Dubl). FTCD(Emeritus)

Retired Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

Elected in 1992

Professor Michael George Lockhart Baillie

PhD

Professor of Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Earth And Environmental Sciences

Elected in 1991

Professor Mary E. Elizabeth Daly

BA, MA(NUI 1969, 1971), DPhil(Oxon 1978)

Professor Modern Irish History, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 1991

Offices held: On Council and in Office: VP 1996-97, 1997-2000, Secretary 2000-04, 2007-08, VP 2008-09, 2009-11, President 2014-17

Awards: 2020 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Humanities

Professor Michael Dominic Richard Guiry

MSc(NUI), PhD(Lond), DSc(Lond). FLS

Emeritus Professor of Botany, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway 

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 1991

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 1994-95, VP 1995-97

Dr Mary Robinson

MA, LLB(Dubl), LLM(Harvard), LLD(Oxon), Barrister-at-Law, (King's Inns, Dublin), LLD(hc from 21 Univ

Former President of Ireland, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Senator, Reid Professor of Cons, Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Law

Elected in 1991

Professor John Joseph Rooney

BSc(1957), PhD(QUB 1960)

Retired Professor of Chemistry, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 1991

Professor Vincent John Scattergood

MA(Birm, Dubl), LittD(Dubl)

Retired Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English, Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 1991