Belfast Asylum: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
→History: exp |
→History: exp |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
==History== |
==History== |
||
The hospital, which was designed by [[Francis Johnston (architect)|Francis Johnston]] and William Murphy, opened as the Belfast Asylum in 1829.<ref name=niah>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/Surveys/Buildings/BuildingoftheMonth/Archive/Name,1398,en.html|title=Saint Ita's Hospital, Portraine|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> In an important legal case in the mid nineteenth century, the governors of the asylum argued that compulsory religious education of the insane was unwise and successfully persuaded the courts that the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] should not be allowed to appoint chaplains to the asylum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/666913/summary|last1=Prior|first1=Pauline|last2= Griffiths|first2=David|title=The Chaplaincy Question: The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Versus the Belfast Lunatic Asylum|location= Éire-Ireland|volume=32|year=1997|pages= 137-153}}</ref> The hospital was converted for use as the Belfast War Hospital in July 1917 during the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918/the-evacuation-chain-for-wounded-and-sick-soldiers/military-hospitals-in-the-british-isles-1914-1918/|title=Military hospitals in the British Isles 1914-1918|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> The |
The hospital, which was designed by [[Francis Johnston (architect)|Francis Johnston]] and William Murphy, opened as the Belfast Asylum in 1829.<ref name=niah>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/Surveys/Buildings/BuildingoftheMonth/Archive/Name,1398,en.html|title=Saint Ita's Hospital, Portraine|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> In an important legal case in the mid nineteenth century, the governors of the asylum argued that compulsory religious education of the insane was unwise and successfully persuaded the courts that the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] should not be allowed to appoint chaplains to the asylum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/666913/summary|last1=Prior|first1=Pauline|last2= Griffiths|first2=David|title=The Chaplaincy Question: The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Versus the Belfast Lunatic Asylum|location= Éire-Ireland|volume=32|year=1997|pages= 137-153}}</ref> The hospital was converted for use as the Belfast War Hospital in July 1917 during the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918/the-evacuation-chain-for-wounded-and-sick-soldiers/military-hospitals-in-the-british-isles-1914-1918/|title=Military hospitals in the British Isles 1914-1918|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> The [[War Office]] decided to close the war hospital in winter 1919<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-17959-5_6|last= Durnin |first=D. |year=2019|title=The Impact of the First World War on Irish Hospitals, 1918–1925. In: The Irish Medical Profession and the First World War. Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref> The site was subsequently redeveloped as to make way for the Jubilee Maternity Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historic-hospitals.com/northern-ireland/|title=Royal Jubilee Maternity|publisher=Historic Hospitals|accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 11:53, 1 June 2019
| Belfast Asylum | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Belfast Asylum | |
  Shown in Northern Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°35′37″N 5°57′17″W / 54.59367°N 5.95461°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1829 |
| Closed | 1921 |
Belfast Asylum (Irish: Tearmann Bhéal Feirste) was a psychiatric hospital on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
History
The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Belfast Asylum in 1829.[1] In an important legal case in the mid nineteenth century, the governors of the asylum argued that compulsory religious education of the insane was unwise and successfully persuaded the courts that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland should not be allowed to appoint chaplains to the asylum.[2] The hospital was converted for use as the Belfast War Hospital in July 1917 during the First World War.[3] The War Office decided to close the war hospital in winter 1919[4] The site was subsequently redeveloped as to make way for the Jubilee Maternity Hospital.[5]
References
- ^ "Saint Ita's Hospital, Portraine". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Prior, Pauline; Griffiths, David (1997). "The Chaplaincy Question: The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Versus the Belfast Lunatic Asylum". Éire-Ireland. pp. 137–153.
- ^ "Military hospitals in the British Isles 1914-1918". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Durnin, D. (2019). "The Impact of the First World War on Irish Hospitals, 1918–1925. In: The Irish Medical Profession and the First World War. Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History". Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Royal Jubilee Maternity". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
Further reading
- Delargy, Rosaline (2002). The History of the Belfast District Lunatic Asylum 1829-1921. University of Ulster.