List of organisations based in the Republic of Ireland with royal patronage

Royal charters and royal patronage were historically granted to organisations in Ireland by the Monarch of Ireland when Ireland was part of the Kingdom of Ireland and later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Since Irish Independence from the United Kingdom as the Irish Free State in 1922 and the abolition of the monarchy by the Constitution of Ireland in 1937 and the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 no new royal charters have been granted in the Republic of Ireland.

Despite the end of the monarchy in Ireland, several organisations based in the Republic of Ireland have retained the "royal" element in their names. The continued used of this naming style in Ireland is sometimes questioned by commentators as being outdated and a reminder of a colonial past.


 * See also List of organisations with a British royal charter, which includes organisations throughout the world.

Bodies with "royal" in their names

 * Royal British Legion – Republic of Ireland branch
 * Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
 * Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
 * Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
 * Royal Alfred Yacht Club
 * Royal and Prior School
 * Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
 * Royal College of General Practitioners – (Republic of Ireland Faculty)
 * Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
 * Royal Commonwealth Society Ireland Branch (RCS Ireland)
 * Royal Cork Yacht Club
 * Royal Curragh Golf Club
 * Royal Dublin Golf Club
 * Royal Dublin Society
 * Royal Hibernian Academy
 * Royal Hospital Donnybrook
 * Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland
 * Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
 * Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
 * Royal Irish Academy of Music
 * Royal Irish Academy
 * Royal Irish Automobile Club
 * Royal Irish Yacht Club
 * Royal National Lifeboat Institution (Ireland Region)
 * Royal St. George Yacht Club
 * Royal School Cavan
 * Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
 * Royal Town Planning Institute – (RTPI Ireland)
 * Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland
 * Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital

Other bodies with royal charters

 * King's Inns, established by royal charter in 1541
 * Trinity College Dublin, sole college of the University of Dublin, with a founding charter of 1592
 * University College Cork (formerly Queen's College Cork) – granted a royal charter in 1845
 * University of Galway (formerly Queen's College Galway) – granted a royal charter in 1849
 * Law Society of Ireland – granted a royal charter in 1852 under the name "The Incorporated Society of Attorneys and Solicitors of Ireland"
 * Institution of Engineers of Ireland – granted a royal charter in 1877
 * The High School Dublin Erasmus Smith Trust granted a royal charter in 1669

Former bodies

 * Royal Bank of Ireland – merged with AIB in 1970
 * Royal City of Dublin Hospital
 * Royal College of Science for Ireland – absorbed into University College Dublin in 1926.
 * Royal Cork Institution
 * Royal Geological Society of Ireland
 * Royal Hospital Kilmainham
 * Royal Hibernian Marine School – merged with other schools to form Mount Temple Comprehensive School.
 * Royal Hibernian Military School
 * Royal Irish Art Union
 * Royal Irish Institution
 * Royal Military Infirmary
 * Royal Munster Yacht Club – merged with Royal Cork Yacht Club in 1966.
 * Royal Veterinary College of Ireland – merged into University College Dublin in 1977.
 * Royal Zoological Society of Ireland – renamed as the Zoological Society of Ireland in 1993.