St._Columba's_Hospital

St. Columba's Hospital

St. Columba's Hospital

Hospital in County Sligo, Ireland

St. Columba's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Colm Cille) is a former psychiatric hospital in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.

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History

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

  1. [1]
    "Saint Columba's, Saint Columba's Road, Sligo, County Sligo". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. [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. [4]
    "€7m for Sligo's four-star Clarion Hotel". Irish Times. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Clayton Hotel". Ireland North West. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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