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However, the British Military had intended to close the hospital in 1911 on the completion of a new hospital which had been commenced in 1909 at Arbour Hill in Dublin. [15] In 1910, the British Government had not decided on a purpose for the old hospital building [ 16 ] In 1910, Lieutenant Colonel O Birt, was posted as the senior medical ...
The origins of the hospital lie in a poorhouse initiated when Dublin Corporation paid £300 to acquire the site in 1603. [3] The war between William III and James II intervened and the project was abandoned until Mary, Duchess of Ormonde, wife of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde laid a foundation stone in 1703. [3]
The new hospital, which was built alongside the north banks of the Royal Canal and named after the Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, opened as the Whitworth Fever Hospital in May 1818. [1] The hospital was administered by a board of fifteen prominent Dublin gentlemen, presided over by the Duke of Leinster.
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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.
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.
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He succeeded his father as earl in 1371, and was created Marquess of Dublin in 1385. The next year he was created Duke of Ireland. He was thus the first marquess, and only the second non-princely duke (after Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster in 1337), in England. King Richard's close friendship with de Vere was disagreeable to the ...