The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (RHA) is an artist-based and artist-oriented institution in Ireland, founded in Dublin in 1823.

According to the letters patent of 5 August 1823, The Royal Hibernian Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture was established, which included a National School of Art.

[3] The exhibitions and school prospered and by the end of the 19th century the RHA was the leading Irish institution involved in promoting visual arts.

[4] Over 500 pieces of art, including from artists Jack Butler Yeats, Madeline Green and John Lavery, were lost.

[citation needed] This later changed, with one of the founders of the IELA, Louis le Brocquy, becoming a member of the Honorary Council of the RHA.

This building replaced the gallery's previous premises, a Victorian house that had been home to Oliver St. John Gogarty.

This was demolished and the property developer, Matt Gallagher, agreed to build a modern gallery on the site for the RHA.

It runs TUD-accredited courses (since 2018) in Painting and drawing techniques delivered by a faculty made up of Academy members and other artists.