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Following the creation of the Irish Free State the Royal Hospital was considered as a potential home for Oireachtas Éireann, the new Irish national parliament. Eventually, it was decided to keep parliament in its temporary home in Leinster House. [13] The Hospital remained the home of a dwindling number of soldiers until it closed in 1927. [8]
Bully's Acre (officially, the Hospital Fields; Irish: Acra an Bhulaí) [2] is a former public cemetery located near the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin, Ireland. It is 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) in extent.
Royal Hospital, Donnybrook, a former hospital in Dublin, founded in 1743 as a hospital for incurables, then for venereal disease sufferers from 1792, and closed and demolished in 1949 Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin, a 1684 built retirement home for soldiers, restored in 1984 as the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
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.
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.
Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot Street; The Royal Hospital, Donnybrook; Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Adelaide Road; Sports Surgery Clinic, Santry, Dublin;
The hospital was founded with money bequeathed by the author Jonathan Swift following his death as "St. Patrick's Hospital for Imbeciles". [1]In March 1747, Dr. Steevens' Hospital agreed to provide a small amount of land fronting Bow Lane for the purposes of building St. Patrick's, however it was nearly three years afterwards before construction commenced, as the governors became involved in ...
The hospital was extended and the current façade of red brick and terracotta tiles was added, based on the designs of Albert Edward Murray, in 1893. [4] It was renamed the Royal City of Dublin Hospital following a visit by Princess Alexandra in 1900. [5] After services were transferred to St. James's Hospital, the hospital closed in 1986.