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43:. After a period of uncertainty and experimentation regarding the terms and conditions of the award, it was agreed in 1848 that the medals would be open to the authors of works or essays in the areas of Science, Polite Literature and Antiquities, published in Ireland or about Irish subjects. After 1885, the academy stopped giving the award, but it was revived in 1989 for the bicentennial of Cunningham's gift. 424: 261: 428: 364: 27:. It is awarded every three years in recognition of "outstanding contributions to scholarship and the objectives of the Academy". 480: 196: 521: 254: 233: 155: 90: 222: 188: 83: 286: 63: 526: 329: 275: 177: 247: 147: 129: 111: 104: 97: 76: 531: 290: 282: 136: 343: 169: 8: 229: 210: 192: 162: 24: 372: 462: 403: 36: 294: 118: 69: 455:
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature
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It was which was established in 1796 at the bequest of barrister
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The following persons have been awarded the Cunningham Medal:
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Royal Irish Academy
Timothy Cunningham
Gray's Inn
William Mossop
Thomas Wallace
Theophilus Swift
William Preston
John Brinkley
John D'Alton
George Petrie
George Petrie
William Rowan Hamilton
James MacCullagh
James Apjohn
George Petrie
Robert Kane
Samuel Haughton
William Rowan Hamilton
Edward Hincks
John O'Donovan
John Hewitt Jellett
Edward Joshua Cooper
George Salmon
William Reeves
Robert Mallet
Humphrey Lloyd
John Thomas Gilbert
Whitley Stokes
William Wilde
George James Allman

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