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The Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Irish: Ospidéal Ríochta Chill Mhaighneann) in Kilmainham, Dublin, is a 17th-century former hospital and retirement home which is now mainly used to house the Irish Museum of Modern Art and as a concert and events venue.
The main 2012 ceremony moved from the Royal Hospital Kilmainham to the Collins Barracks campus of the National Museum of Ireland, as the Kilmainham site closed for renovation. [17] Regional ceremonies are planned for Sligo City Hall; Kilkenny Castle; NUI Galway; Fitzgerald's Park, Cork; Limerick City Hall; and Bishops Palace Museum, Waterford. [17]
The Irish Museum of Modern Art is housed in the 17th-century Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The Royal Hospital was founded in 1684 by James Butler, the Duke of Ormonde and Viceroy to Charles II, as a home for retired soldiers and continued in that use for almost 250 years. The Royal Hospital is a striking location for displaying modern art.
The area is best known for Royal Hospital Kilmainham, constructed on the site where the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem had their priory in Dublin. It now houses the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The Richmond Tower marks the junction between the formal pedestrianised avenue leading to the Royal Hospital, and the South Circular Road.
[8] [9] On 3 July 2021, Chaila was one of the headline acts to appear at a pilot music festival held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, held to test how festivals might be run in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] In April / May 2022, she opened for Ed Sheeran on his Irish dates of the Mathematics tour.
Royal Hospital Kilmainham, of which Jeffreys was appointed the first Master in 1684. In 1684 when the Royal Hospital Kilmainham for old soldiers was founded, Sir Leoline Jenkins, the Secretary of State, a fellow Welshman and lifelong friend of Jeffreys, persuaded Ormonde, the founder, to accept Jeffreys as the first Master. [4]
Such was Maighneann's fame that the historic area of Kilmainham was named after his church "Cill Mhaighneann." [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Subsequently two famous buildings Kilmainham Priory, established by Strongbow after his invasion in 1169, [ 6 ] and survived until it was suppressed by Henry VIII, and The Royal Hospital Kilmainham which was built by the ...
History section of Royal Hospital Kilmainham website (archived) Archiseek.com article on Richmond Tower 53°20′32″N 6°18′24″W / 53.34211°N 6.306763°W / 53.34211; -6.