St. Canice's Hospital
| St. Canice's Hospital | |
|---|---|
 St. Canice's Hospital | |
  Shown in Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52°38′55″N 7°13′56″W / 52.64870°N 7.23213°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1852 |
| Closed | 2006 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland |
St. Canice's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Cainneach) was a psychiatric hospital in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
History
[edit]The hospital, which was designed by George Papworth in the Elizabethan style, opened as the Kilkenny Asylum in 1852.[1] It became Kilkenny Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Canice'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 July 2006.[4] A modern facility, St Gabriel's Ward, has been created in the grounds of the old hospital.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Saint Canice's Hospital, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "St Canice's hospital in Kilkenny closes". Irish Times. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Two mental health units criticised for shortcomings". Irish Examiner. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2019.