The ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy'' (''PRIA'') is the journal of the

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ga, Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned socie ...

, founded in 1785 to promote the study of

science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

polite literature Polite may refer to: * Politeness * ''Polite'' (magazine), an American humor magazine * Polite architecture or "the Polite", an architectural theory and style * Lousaka Polite Lousaka Romon Polite (born September 14, 1981) is a former American ...

, and antiquities. It was known as several titles over the years: *1836-1866: ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy'' *1870-1884: ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Science'' *1879: ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Polite Literature and Antiquities'' *1889-1901: ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy'' In 1902, the journal split into three sections ''Section A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences'', ''Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science'' and ''Section C: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature''. ''Section A'' is now published as ''Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy'' since 1998, and ''Section B'' is now published as ''Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy''. ''Section C'' is now ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature''.

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