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painted (gold Roman numerals and hour lines on white) vertical timber dial 1000
mm wide by 1200 mm high on the south wall of the courtyard of the Royal
Hospital Kilmainham over the entrance to the dining hall. It has an ornate
scroll gnomon also painted gold. The RHK, built in 1684, was in use as a
retirement home for soldiers until 1927. Following restoration the building was
reopened in 1991 as the Irish Museum of Modern Art . British Sundial Society SR No 3929 Lat 53° 21' North Long 6° 18' West Irish Grid O 313270 233840 |