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 Ireland.
Despite the end of the monarchy in Ireland, several organisations based in 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 The continued used of this naming style in Ireland is sometimes questioned by commentators as being outdated and a reminder of a colonial past.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
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- 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.
See also
- List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter
- List of Australian organisations with royal patronage
- List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage
- List of New Zealand organisations with royal patronage
References
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- "History". Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- "A short account of the Royal Cork Yacht Club". Royal Cork Yacht Club. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- "Our Rich History". Royal Dublin Golf Club. Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- "History of the RDS". Royal Dublin Society. Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- "Royal Horticultural Society History". Royal Horticultural Society. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- "Chronological History of RICS". Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Archived from the original on 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- "The History of RIAI". Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- "History". Royal Irish Academy of Music. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
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- "History". Royal St. George Yacht Club. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- "The History of Engineers Ireland". The Institution of Engineers of Ireland. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- "Cork's Cultural Heritage". Cork City Council. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-05.