What is Royal Hospital Kilmainham?
[[Image:IMMA courtyard.jpg|thumb|220px|Courtyard of Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham]] The '''Royal Hospital Kilmainham''' is a 17th-century building in [[Kilmainham]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. It was built to be a home for retired soldiers. It was used as a home for over 250 years. The hospital was built between 1680 and 1684 by [[architect]] [[William Robinson (architect)|Sir William Robinson]]. He was the official State [[Surveyor General]] for [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] to [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]]. The style is based on [[Les Invalides]] in [[Paris]]. The [[Royal Hospital Chelsea]] in [[Chelsea, London]] was completed two years later and looks alike in style. The Tudor Gothic gateway at the end of the road leading to the Royal Hospital was designed by [[Francis Johnston (architect)|Francis Johnston]]. He was one of the leading architects of the day. This gateway originally stood beside the [[River Liffey]] at Bloody Bridge (now [[Rory O'More Bridge]]). It was moved after the arrival of the railway in 1844. When the [[Irish Free State]] was formed, they thought about using the building for the [[Oireachtas|Oireachtas Éireann]], the new Irish national [[parliament]]. This did not happen. After the soldiers were all gone, the buildings were used for different things like offices for the [[Garda Síochána]] (the Irish police force) and as storage for the [[National Museum of Ireland]]. The [[Government of Ireland]] restored the buildings in different stages from 1957, and opened in 1985 as the National Centre for Culture and the Arts. In 1991 the [[Irish Museum of Modern Art]] was opened here.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rhk.ie/Heritage_Brochure.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-01 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610100124/http://www.rhk.ie/Heritage_Brochure.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Every year on the [[National Day of Commemoration]] the [[President of Ireland]] l