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History
of the Institute of Chemistry
The Institute
of Chemistry of Ireland is fortunate in having records of
all its meetings dating back to the very first meeting which
was held on 15 May 1922. These earliest meetings resulted
in the formation of the Chemical Association of Ireland on
15 June 1923 and the Association remained very active until
1930. In all, about 40 chemists became associated with this
first Association.
Several
inactive years followed, but on 14 March 1936 its successor,
the Irish Chemical Association, was founded after several
preliminary meetings in 1935 and 1936. This Association was
even more active than its predecessor and in the period of
14 years from 1936 to 1950, up to 300 chemists were enrolled
as members.
Towards
the end of the forties, it became clear that the Association
had to change once again as a step towards achieving government
recognition. A series of meetings eventually resulted in the
formation of the present Institute of Chemistry of Ireland
which was founded on 18 January 1950. Currently, the Institute
has over 800 members in all categories.
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