St. Columba's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Colm Cille) is a former psychiatric hospital in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.
| St. Columba's Hospital | |
|---|---|
 St. Columba's Hospital | |
  Shown in Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°16′54″N 8°27′41″W / 54.28174°N 8.46134°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1855 |
| Closed | 1992 |
History edit
The hospital, which was designed by William Deane Butler in the Elizabethan-style, opened as the Sligo Asylum in 1855.[1] It became Sligo Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Columba's Hospital in the 1950s.[1] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline[2][3] and closed in 1992.[4] After being converted for hotel use, it re-opened as the Clarion Hotel in 2005[4] and was subsequently re-branded as the Clayton Hotel. As of 2021, 167 rooms are available for use.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Saint Columba's, Saint Columba's Road, Sligo, County Sligo". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 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.
- ^ a b "€7m for Sligo's four-star Clarion Hotel". Irish Times. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Clayton Hotel". Ireland North West. Retrieved 31 May 2019.