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Whitworth Hospital

Whitworth Hospital

Hospital in Dublin, Ireland

For Whitworth Fever Hospital, see Drumcondra Hospital. For the hospital in Matlock, see Whitworth Hospital, Matlock.

The Whitworth Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Whitworth) was a general hospital on Morning Star Avenue in Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland.

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History

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

  1. [1]
    "The Whitworth Building, Morningstar Avenue, Dublin 7, Dublin City". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    O'Brien, Browne and O'Malley, p. 20
  3. [3]
    O'Brien, Browne and O'Malley, p. 294
  4. [4]
    "Former Richmond hospital for €3.5m". Irish Times. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

Sources

  • 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.
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