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12 unusual facts about Royal Dublin Society


2008 FÁS expenditure controversy

Questions have also been raised about Molloy's decision to move a jobs fair from the smaller RDS venue to the larger Croke Park stadium in Dublin.

Ciaran Sweeney

In show production he has produced and directed shows in The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Royal Dublin Society and Trinity College Dublin.

Clonbollogue

He donated his extensive library of 23,000 printed volumes and unbound papers to the Royal Dublin Society in 1863.

Duke of Leinster

After nearly a century as the headquarters of the Royal Dublin Society, which held its famed Spring Show and Horse Show in its grounds, Oireachtas Éireann, the two chamber parliament of the new Irish Free State, rented Leinster House in 1922 to be its temporary parliament house.

Ed O'Donoghue

Irish-qualified through his parents he made his debut for Ireland Wolfhounds in February 2009 against Scotland A in the RDS in the 35–10 win.

Ernest William Lyons Holt

Two years later, he participated as assistant-naturalist in a fishery survey on the west coast of Ireland, organized by the Royal Dublin Society.

Hugh Tinney

Dublinese highlights of Tinney's solo career include two major recital series in the at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (1991, 1995) and six recitals on Beethoven's piano sonatas at the Royal Dublin Society (2000–02).

John Scouler

In 1834, he was appointed professor of mineralogy, and subsequently of geology, zoology, and botany, to the Royal Dublin Society, a post he held until his retirement on a pension in 1854, when he returned to Glasgow.

Mary Battersby

In 1837, the Royal Dublin Society received four volumes of drawings from Miss Battersby who lived at 21 North Cumberland Street, Dublin.

Old Dublin Society

The Library of the Old Dublin Society is located in the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) premises, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

The Selection Box

The Selection Box hosted an open audition in the RDS in 2001 in a search for a new TV presenter.

William John Fitzpatrick

FitzPatrick was long actively interested in the work of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society.


Susanna Drury

She was associated with the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society), which presented her with its first award in 1740 for her paintings of the Giant's Causeway.

William Gerard Barry

His initial success came in 1887 when he received a £30 Taylor prize after sending a painting to the Royal Dublin Society from Étaples.