==MembershipClasses==
Membership in the society is open to those who meet the following qualifications for each class of membershipavailable in two exclusive classes:
'''I. Royal Life Member (RLM)''': Eligibility is restricted available to persons who can demonstrate an unbroken prove descent from any historic Irish High King, Provincial King, or Sub-King, residing in Ireland prior to 1170 (the date of the beginning of the Anglo-Norman invasion of Henry II).
'''II. Hereditary Life Member (HLM)''': Eligibility is restricted available to persons who cannot demonstrate qualify for Royal Life Membership, but who can prove descent from some an Irish family who lived in Ireland a minimum of three generations.
The entry fee is $100; $50 for converting from Hereditary to Royal member at a later date; plus a genealogist's fee of $5/generation for each lineage submitted, including corrections and extensions. No fees need attach for lineages or portions of lineages already recognized by The Augustan Society, and a credit will be issued for any such duplication.