| Connolly Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | Health Service Executive |
| Location: | Blanchardstown |
| Region: | Fingal |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Healthcare: | HSE |
| Type: | General |
| Emergency: | Yes |
| Affiliation: | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| Beds: | 407 |
| Founded: | 1955 |
| Map Type: | Ireland Dublin |
| Coordinates: | 53.3885°N -6.3686°W |
The Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown (Irish: Ospidéal Uí Chonghaile Baile Bhlainséir) is a teaching hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland. It is managed by RCSI Hospitals.[1]
The hospital, which was initially established as a tuberculosis sanitarium, was designed by Norman White[2] and constructed by Sisk Builders.[3] It was named in memory of the Irish republican leader, James Connolly, and officially opened as the James Connolly Memorial Hospital in 1955.[3] Following the introduction of effective antibiotic treatment, the hospital was re-designated as a general hospital for the North West area of Dublin and re-opened as such in 1973.[3]
In 2005 a new accident and emergency unit, new operating theatres, new surgery facilities and a new intensive care unit were officially opened by the Minister of State for Children, Brian Lenihan, who also announced that the hospital would be renamed the Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.[4]
The government allocated 6.8 acres on the Abbotstown lands at Blanchardstown for the building of a hospice under the care of the Daughters of Charity. This was a sister site to their hospice in Raheny. Construction works were completed in April 2011.[5]
A satellite facility for the National Children's Hospital, providing outpatient facilities and an urgent care centre opened in summer 2019.[6]
The hospital provides clinical teaching as part of the graduate entry program to medicine for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[7]