Whitworth Hospital | |
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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.
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]
Whitworth Hospital | |
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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.
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]