Rotunda Hospital Building Dublin & Gate Theatre Images

The  Rotunda maternity hospital located on Parnell Street, close to Dublin's city centre. It was founded by Bartholomew Mosse (1712-1759) in March 1745. The building's design is by Richard Cassels who also designed Leinster House. At the time it was the largest lying-in hospital in the British Isles.
 
Rotunda Hospital Parnell street Dublin Ireland

The Rotunda originally had several public areas for hosting social and fund raising events, as it was a charitable institution and dependent on donations. The Gate Theatre (below), is where the supper rooms of the Rotunda were located, it was founded in 1928 by Micheál MacLiammóir & Hilton Edwards.
 
Gate Theatre Dublin
Dublin Ireland photographs by A. Geraty © irelandposters. All rights reserved.
Gate theatre & OConnell Street, Dublin Spire in background James Malton 1795 Dublin print of Rotunda rooms for sale on-line
View of Gate Theatre & Dublin Spire.    Antique Dublin print, 1795 view of Rotunda Rooms by  James Malton.

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