Royal Infirmary, Dublin City, Co. Dublin
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For Friday we find ourselves visiting an old friend. I worked with a man once who constantly mixed up his metaphors and he would say of this that it was a case of "veja du"! The Royal Infirmary on Infirmary Road with a wonderful collection of glassed greenhouses in the foreground, and several infirm infirmarians on the grass bank resting in the sunshine. These Royal plates really do provide the most amazing images!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_05557
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Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_05557
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Niall McAuley
Taken looking over the wall from the People's Garden in Phoenix Park. GeoHive 25" shows the greenhouses.
Niall McAuley
From the archive, a Malton which is earlier and in colour!
Niall McAuley
Per the DIA it may be by James Gandon or may be William Gibson, and opened in 1790. That Malton is from 1794 when it was brand new.
O Mac
What became of the front door?
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A synonym for the Royal Infirmary could be the Royal Pain!
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Streetview Now the Irish Army Headquarters archiseek.com/2010/1786-irish-army-headquarters-phoenix-p...
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When did we "veja du" this ?
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] Here: www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6966381441/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/66311327@N05 Thanks. That's a bit dim and distant ! From Archiseek (link above) - "The interior is unoriginal and much altered, the main facade also altered in the late 19th century. The infirmary was replaced by the nearby St. Bricin’s Hospital (formerly George V Hospital) in 1913." Before or after facade alterations ... ?
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
Royal Infirmary eh? With glasshouses? I hope no one is thinking of stowing thrones!
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Here is https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03/'s front door and porch - so pre late 1800s alterations ? https://www.flickr.com/photos/23835393@N04/3360593601/
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the Infirmary on Infirmary Rd with infirm infirmarians?
O Mac
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] Thanks.. but what's odd is that there was originally a front door there and then there wasn't a front door there and now there is a front door there. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000547966 p.s. .... it's not my bleedin' front door..right? ok? it belongs to the bleedin hospittle. There was even a ward for "sick deserters & co. and lunitics." ( ie. the officers in charge of the front door) books.google.ie/books?id=MSRTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA720&lp...
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03] Talking of sentries, this from Trove in 1900 (I think it is intended to be humour!) - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137944886
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
Tender for the building of a Hospital in Dublin - that shouldn't take too long.
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
Tenders sought in June. "First Stone" laid in August the same year.
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
11 months later - "A lot done, more to do"
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
Alas, cant find any contemporary reports of patients being admitted.
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Thanks all! Those late 18th century "notices" from https://www.flickr.com/photos/91590691@N05 make fascinating reading. I wonder if a public works project (of similar scale) would proceed at a similar pace these days....