Research Programmes

The Royal Irish Academy currently runs nine academic research programmes at the leading edge of scholarship in their disciplines.

These research outputs give the institution particular academic strengths in Irish history, cartography, digital archives and lexicography.

Academy research programmes combine with areas in which the Academy Library and its collections are exceptionally rich, including Irish language and literature, linguistics, the history and culture of Ireland and archaeology. Academy research programmes publish regularly and play a vibrant role in academic and public life in Ireland and across the globe.

Stylised illustration of buildings in Grangegorman.

Asylum: Inside Grangegorman

New publication by Brendan Kelly available now

Publication

Ongoing Research Programmes

ARINS

Authoritative, independent and non-partisan analysis and research on constitutional, institutional and policy options for Ireland, north and south.

Dictionary of Irish Biography

An authoritative reference work of nearly 11,000 lives for scholars of Irish history, society and culture.

Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources

An integrated database and dictionary project, designed to contribute to the fields of Patristic, Medieval, Celtic, and Latin studies by researching, compiling and publishing suitable scholarly works.

Digital Repository of Ireland

An interactive, trusted digital repository for social and cultural content held by Irish institutions.

Embassy of Ireland in Lagos letterhead with a letter to the Department of External Affairs, Iveagh House, Dublin, dated 22 March 1962.

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

A public history programme for the study of modern Irish history through diplomacy.

stylised blue writing of word Focloir on a blue background

Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge

A research project tasked with the production of a dictionary of Modern Irish (c1600–2000) based on historical principles and drawn from written and oral sources from the period.

An aerial view (from east to west) of the Grangegorman site in the 1950s.

Grangegorman Histories

A public history programme of research and shared discovery of the Grangegorman site and surrounding communities.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas

Recording the topographical development of a selection of Irish towns both large and small.

New Survey of Clare Island

A unique multidisciplinary endeavour that provides an invaluable body of research informing future conservation of natural and built heritage of Ireland and Europe.