St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland, is a hospital which has specialised in treating cancer patients from throughout Ireland for over half a century. It is primary national centre for radiotherapy treatment. Opened in 1952, the Hospital was founded by the Cancer Association of Ireland on the recommendation of a consultative body set in place by the Minister for Health. The main building was designed by the Irish architect Thomas Kennedy. He was awarded the RIAI Triennial Gold Medal for the period 1950–52 by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland for his design of St.