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==History==
==History==
The hospital, which was designed by James Bell and James Barry Farrell in the [[Italianate architecture|Italianate style]], opened as the Enniscorthy Asylum in 1868.<ref name=niah>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15604052|title=Saint Senan's Psychiatric Hospital originally Wexford County Lunatic Asylum, Enniscorthy, County Wexford|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref> It became Enniscorthy Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Senan's Hospital in the 1950s.<ref name=niah/> After the introduction of [[deinstitutionalisation]] in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/after-the-asylum-1.1461970|title=After the Asylum|date=13 July 2013|newspaper=Irish Times|accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/appliedsocialstudies/docs/NoelleCotter.PDF|title=Transfer of Care? A Critical Analysis of Post-Release Psychiatric Care for Prisoners in the Cork Region|page=5|first=Noelle |last=Cotter|publisher=University College Cork|volume=1|year=2009|accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref> and closed completely in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/hse-puts-st-senan-s-psychiatric-hospital-on-market-at-780-000-1.2930239|title=HSE puts St Senan’s psychiatric hospital on market at €780,000|date=11 January 2017|newspaper=Irish Times|accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>
The hospital, which was designed by James Bell and James Barry Farrell in the [[Italianate architecture|Italianate style]], opened as the Enniscorthy Asylum in 1868.<ref name=niah>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15604052|title=Saint Senan's Psychiatric Hospital originally Wexford County Lunatic Asylum, Enniscorthy, County Wexford|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref> It became Enniscorthy Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Senan's Hospital in the 1950s.<ref name=niah/> After the introduction of [[deinstitutionalisation]] in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/after-the-asylum-1.1461970|title=After the Asylum|date=13 July 2013|newspaper=Irish Times|accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/appliedsocialstudies/docs/NoelleCotter.PDF|title=Transfer of Care? A Critical Analysis of Post-Release Psychiatric Care for Prisoners in the Cork Region|page=5|first=Noelle |last=Cotter|publisher=University College Cork|volume=1|year=2009|accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref> and closed completely in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/hse-puts-st-senan-s-psychiatric-hospital-on-market-at-780-000-1.2930239|title=HSE puts St Senan’s psychiatric hospital on market at €780,000|date=11 January 2017|newspaper=Irish Times|accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>

Planning permission for the development of private housing was granted in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/enniscorthy-news/permission-granted-for-housing-units-at-st-senans/41400440.html|title=Permission granted for housing units at St Senan’s|date=02 March 2022|newspaper=Irish Independent|accessdate=26 September 2023}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:36, 26 September 2023

St. Senan's Hospital
Health Service Executive
St. Senan's Hospital
St. Senan's Hospital is located in Ireland
St. Senan's Hospital
Shown in Ireland
Geography
LocationEnniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Coordinates52°29′19″N 6°33′51″W / 52.48857°N 6.56410°W / 52.48857; -6.56410
Organisation
Care systemHSE
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1868
Closed2015

St. Senan's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Senan) was a psychiatric hospital in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland.

History

The hospital, which was designed by James Bell and James Barry Farrell in the Italianate style, opened as the Enniscorthy Asylum in 1868.[1] It became Enniscorthy Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Senan'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 completely in 2015.[4]

Planning permission for the development of private housing was granted in March 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Saint Senan's Psychiatric Hospital originally Wexford County Lunatic Asylum, Enniscorthy, County Wexford". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "HSE puts St Senan's psychiatric hospital on market at €780,000". Irish Times. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Permission granted for housing units at St Senan's". Irish Independent. 02 March 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)