Guided Walking Tour at Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin
Dates & Times
- Friday 18th October:
- 11:00AM – 12:00PM
- 1:00PM – 2:00PM
- 3:00 PM – 4:00PM
- Saturday 19th October:
- 11:00AM – 12:00PM
- 1:00PM – 2:00 PM
- 3:00PM – 4:00PM
- Sunday 20th October:
- 11:00AM – 12:00PM
- 1:00PM – 2:00PM
- 3:00PM – 4:00PM
Tour type
- Building Tour
- Outdoor Tour
- Walking Tour
Tour Information +
This tour explores the rich history of both the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and its grounds. Designed as a nursing and retirement home for predominately Irish veterans of the British Armed Forces, while not the first phase of activity on the site, it would be its primary function for nearly 250 years. Monks, Vikings and Knights Hospitallers had all in turn used the space for a variety of reasons. Taking place both indoors and outdoors, this tour discusses the use, development and importance the Royal Hospital Kilmainham alongside the many colourful characters who inhabited these walls during its use. Looking at the rapidly changing uses over the years to discuss how and why the Royal Hospital came to be, where it was and the design it was whilst also looking into its rapidly expanded roles and what that meant for the inhabitants on the site.
Pre-book only
Email will be provided for bookings
Accessibility Information
The site is mostly wheelchair accessible. However, part of the tour will be in the formal gardens of the grounds which are not wheelchair accessible. The ground is mostly even and cement underfoot but in the central courtyard there are areas of cobblestones which some may have not accessible and one part is on grass.
Accessible Toilets
Assistance Dogs welcome
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Booking opens 19 September
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