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Royal Hospital Kilmainham

The Royal Hospital Kilmainham in , , 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.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: former hospital
  • Address: Military Road, Dublin, D08 FW31

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kilmainham Gaol and Dublin Heuston railway station.

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is a former prison in , . It is now a museum run by the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Government of Ireland. is situated 510 metres west of Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Railway station
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Heuston Station, also known as Dublin Heuston, is one of Dublin's largest railway stations and links the capital with the south, southwest and west of Ireland. is situated 720 metres northeast of Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Hospital
Photo: Darren J. Prior, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. James's Hospital is a teaching hospital in , . Its academic partner is Trinity College Dublin. It is managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. is situated 580 metres southeast of Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rialto and Oxmantown.

Suburb
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is an inner suburb of , situated on the city's southside. The area takes its name from the Harcourt Bridge, which was commonly known as the Bridge due to its resemblance to the shape of .

Suburb
was a suburb on the opposite bank of the from , in what is now the city's Northside. It was founded in the 12th century by Hiberno-Norse Dubliners or "Ostmen" who either migrated voluntarily or were expelled from inside of the city walls of Dublin after the Anglo-Norman invasion and the 1171 beheading of Hasculf, the last Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin by the invading army.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , . Located approximately 5 kilometres west of the city centre, was originally a small village separate from Dublin.

Royal Hospital Kilmainham

Latitude
53.34346° or 53° 20′ 37″ north
Longitude
-6.30256° or 6° 18′ 9″ west
Operator
Office of Public Works (OPW)
Open location code
9C5M8MVW+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41685963
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q12859559
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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Royal Hospital Kilmainham” goes by many names.
  • French: “Hôpital royal de Kilmainham”
  • Irish: “Ospidéal Ríochta Chill Mhaighneann”
  • Japanese: “キルメイナム王立病院”
  • Russian: “Килмэйнхэм (больница)”
  • Russian: “Королевский госпиталь Килмэйнхэм”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Royal Hospital Kilmainham”. Photo: Deitel55, CC BY-SA 3.0.