User:Jnestorius/Royal names in the Republic of Ireland

List of entities existing in the Republic of Ireland after the Republic of Ireland Act came into effect, retaining a name linked to the monarchy of the United Kingdom.

Discussion

 * 1939: The attorney-general ‘the big question to be considered in the interests of consistency’ was ‘whether the prefix “royal” is to be continued as part of the titles of such institutions and bodies’. The taoiseach’s office memo written on 22 May 1939 stated: ‘In view of the awkward consequences inherent in this whole business of amendment it appeared to me that we should endeavour to avoid it if at all possible ... We might inform the solicitors to the academy what the position in regard to the academy is in our opinion and leave it to their common sense not to pursue the matter further’. No further action till 1948.
 * 1948: RIAM governors passed a motion to delete "Royal" after RoIAct, but John Francis Larchet successfully advocated reversing the decision. ST O'Kelly would accept office of President of [R]IAM in succession to GG provided R dropped from name; not done.
 * 1948-9: Press, esp Irish Press, considered the question.
 * Dáil 7 Dec 1949 Aiken asked Costello

"Changing the name of an organisation established by Royal Charter is complicated and would probably involve the Oireachtas. It is straightforward for those, like the RHSI, with mere patronage."

Arguments:
 * "That the royal moniker [of RHSI] is no longer relevant is beyond doubt."
 * "It may not have the same emotional charge as statues of Confederate generals, but neither is it something to celebrate"
 * "tolerance ... [or] actual indifference ... [shows] acceptance of the complexity of Irish history"
 * removal would send "unwelcome message to unionists"
 * Michael McDowell opposed change: state is bound by British-Irish Agreement and Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution to 'respect and to seek to unite all the people of Ireland in "all the diversity of their identities and traditions"'

Note some organisations use "Royal" in a non-British sense. The county nicknames for Kerry and Meath are "the Kingdom" and "the Royal County"; hence "Royal Tara Golf Club".

Other
Possible hotels; some at least may have requested royal patronage before 1922 and retained the name after 1949; other may have unilaterally adopted the name before or after those dates.
 * Royal Hotel, Boyle [closed]
 * Royal Hotel, Bray	"Royal Hotel and Merrill Leisure Centre"
 * Royal Hotel, Carlow
 * T.F. Royal Hotel & Theatre, Castlebar
 * Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dublin? (Opened 1751, closed 1982)
 * Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin, Dublin
 * Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire
 * Royal Hotel Fermoy
 * Royal Hotel, Glendalough
 * Sullivans Royal Hotel, Gort
 * Royal Hotel, Howth
 * Killarney Royal Hotel (Not the Royal Victoria Hotel, on the site of the Castlerosse Hotel. )
 * Royal George Hotel, Limerick
 * Cruise's Royal Hotel, Limerick
 * Royal Hotel, Monaghan
 * Royal Hotel, New Ross [?closed 2007]
 * Royal Valentia Hotel aka Royal Hotel Valentia

Regius Professors:
 * Regius Professor of Physic (1637?)
 * Regius Professor of Laws (1668)
 * Regius Professor of Greek (1761)
 * Regius Professor of Surgery (1852/1868)


 * Senior Counsel/King's Counsel 1924 but

Also things named after individual royals etc etc
 * College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin
 * Charleville, County Cork
 * Kingwilliamstown
 * George's Street Arcade
 * King John's Castle (Limerick)
 * King's Inns -- was Queen's Inns in 1839!? Maybe it's only post 1952 that it stopped reflecting the sex of the monarch?

Royal charters updated by private acts [dates of charter / letters patent in preamble of act]
 * Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	[11th day of February 1784; 13th day of September 1828; 11th day of January 1844; 31st day of October 1883; 23rd day of May 1885; ] 2003 1965
 * Trinity College, Dublin	[3rd day of March 1592; 25th day of May 1637; divers Letters Patent; 24th day of May 1911; ] 2000
 * Royal College of Physicians of Ireland [15th day of December 1692; 12th day of December 1878; 5th day of August 1890; 27th day of June 1905] 1979
 * Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland	[15th day of October 1877] 1969 1966 1960
 * Royal Hospital For Incurables, Dublin [7th day of January 1800; 13th day of April 1886; 25th day of June 1887] 1953
 * Convalescent Home, Stillorgan	[26th day of October 1918] 1958