Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland | Academy

The Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, the Academy for the sciences and humanities for the whole of Ireland will vigorously promote excellence in scholarship, recognise achievements in learning, direct research programmes and undertake its own research projects, particularly in areas relating to and its heritage.
The Royal Irish Academy  will reflect upon, advise on and contribute to public debate and public policy formation on issues of major interest in science, technology and culture.
Royal Irish Academy will continue to offer an independent forum to Irish scholars, it will provide a network of support for scholarly disciplines through its network of national committees and commissions, it will maintain and enhance its unique library, it will publish scholarly papers and it will represent the world of Irish learning internationally.
The library, with its unique manuscript, pamphlet and early printed book collections, is at the heart of the Royal Irish Academy. The collection of c.2,000 manuscripts includes the largest corpus of Irish language manuscripts in a single repository, the oldest surviving Irish manuscript, the Cathach, or Psalter of St. Columba, and other important early texts.  The manuscript collections encompass a wide range of fields including genealogy, history, literature, hagiography, early Irish law, natural history, journals and diaries, society minute books, etc.  The printed book, pamphlet, drawing and map collections reflect the course of Irish history and endevour over the years.