 On 7 June 1853, another congress was held in Dublin to re-establish the Association, and in 1882 it became incorporated as the Irish Medical Association.On 1 January 1936, the IMA merged with the Irish branch of the British Medical Association to form the "Irish Free State Medical Union".It was later renamed the "Medical Association of Éire (IMA & BMA)", which became the IMA in 1950.