I-Royal Irish Academy ibe yilungu kusukela ngo-1952.
I-Royal Irish Academy (RIA), eyasungulwa ngo-1785, iyindikimba yochwepheshe ehamba phambili yase-Ireland esekela futhi ethuthukisa isayensi nobuntu.
Njengenkundla ezimele eziqhingini zonke eyakhiwe cishe abantu abangama-650 Amalungu - ekhethelwe iminikelo yabo evelele yokufunda nokucwaninga kwezesayensi, ubuntu, isayensi yezenhlalo kanye nomsebenzi womphakathi - i-RIA ibona abacwaningi nezifundiswa ezisezingeni lomhlaba, futhi inqoba ucwaningo lwezemfundo lwase-Ireland.
I-RIA yenza umnikelo obalulekile kunkulumompikiswano yomphakathi kanye nokwakhiwa kwenqubomgomo ezindabeni zesayensi, ezobuchwepheshe namasiko. Ihlanganisa ndawonye abezemfundo, uhulumeni kanye nezimboni ukuze kubhekwane nezindaba ezinentshisekelo kubo ngokuhlinzeka ngenkundla ezimele. Ihola ezinhlelweni zocwaningo zikazwelonke ezibalulekile, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni eziphathelene ne-Ireland namagugu ayo. I-RIA imele umhlaba wokufunda isi-Irish emhlabeni jikelele, inomtapo wezincwadi owaziwa emhlabeni wonke futhi ingumshicileli wezemfundo ohamba phambili.