Whitworth Hospital
| Whitworth Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Whitworth Hospital | |
  Shown in Dublin | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°21′06″N 6°16′35″W / 53.35158°N 6.27636°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | General hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1816 |
| Closed | 1987 |
The Whitworth Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Whitworth) was a general hospital on Morning Star Avenue in Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland.
History
[edit]The facility was designed as a hospital for chronic patients of the House of Industry.[1] The new hospital, which was named after the Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, opened in 1816.[1] East and West wings, designed by Carroll & Batchelor, were added in 1900.[1] It close temporarily in April 1849 on account of its high running costs but was re-opened a few months later by order of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[2] It closed permanently in November 1987.[3] In 2002, the building was acquired by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, which has converted it for use as a meeting, training and study centre.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Whitworth Building, Morningstar Avenue, Dublin 7, Dublin City". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ O'Brien, Browne and O'Malley, p. 20
- ^ O'Brien, Browne and O'Malley, p. 294
- ^ "Former Richmond hospital for €3.5m". Irish Times. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
Sources
[edit]- O'Brien, Eion; Browne, Lorna; O'Malley, Kevin (1988). The House of Industry Hospitals: The Richmond, Whitworth and Hardwicke (St Laurence's Hospital); A closing memoir. Anniversary Press. ISBN 978-1870940023.