Our Lady's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Mhuire) was a psychiatric hospital in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.
| Our Lady's Hospital | |
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 Our Lady's Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Ennis, County Clare, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52°51′36″N 8°58′44″W / 52.86003°N 8.97882°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1868 |
| Closed | 2002 |
History edit
The hospital, which was designed by William Fogerty,[1] opened as the Ennis Asylum in 1868.[2] It became Ennis Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become Our Lady's Hospital in the 1950s.[2] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline[3][4] and closed in March 2002.[5] The site, which has changed hands several times since the hospital closed, was acquired by a new developer in March 2018.[6]
References edit
- ^ "William Fogerty". Archiseek. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Our Lady's Hospital, Gort Road, Ennis, County Clare". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Cotter, Noelle (2009). "Transfer of Care? A Critical Analysis of Post-Release Psychiatric Care for Prisoners in the Cork Region" (PDF). University College Cork. p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Oral history project launched with records of Our Lady's Hospital". Clare Archives. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Our Lady's Hospital site sold for €750,000". Clare Champion. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.