Richmond Surgical Hospital | |
Location: | Grangegorman |
Region: | Dublin |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | General hospital |
Founded: | 1810 |
Closed: | 1987 |
Map Type: | Ireland Central Dublin |
Coordinates: | 53.3511°N -6.2786°W |
The Richmond Surgical Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Máinliachta Richmond) was a general hospital in Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland.
The building has its origins in a convent constructed by some Benedictine nuns in 1688.[1] It became part of the House of Industry who commissioned a hospital to care for the 'ruptured poor'; it opened in 1810.[1] The hospital was completely rebuilt to a design by Carroll & Batchelor in the English Renaissance style in red brick and terracotta tiles and was officially opened by Earl Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in April 1901.[2] After services transferred to the Beaumont Hospital, the Richmond Surgical Hospital closed in 1987.[1]
In the early 1990s the building was acquired by businessman Rory O'Meara who, in 1996, converted it into a courthouse.[3] Then in 2013 it was acquired by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation which, in 2018, converted it into an education and event centre.[1]