WANDERING ROCKS
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"ending their days in some pauper ward," (U10.14)
This PC shows the reading room in the Royal Hospital (Kilmainham, Dublin), a home for retired soldiers. Built in 1684 by Sir William Robinson, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to King Charles II, it continued in that use for over 250 years.