St. Michael's Hospital (Dún Laoghaire) Explained

St. Michael's Hospital
Org/Group:	Health Service Executive
Location:	Dún Laoghaire
Country:	Ireland
Healthcare:	HSE
Type:	General
Founded:	1876
Map Type:	Ireland Dublin
Coordinates:	53.2938°N -6.1387°W

St. Michael's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Micheál) is a public hospital in Dún Laoghaire in Ireland. It is managed by Ireland East Hospital Group.^[1]

History

The hospital, which was designed by John L. Robinson,^[2] was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1876.^[3] In 2001, St. Michael's Hospital joined the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, which also administers St. Vincent's University Hospital and St. Vincent's Private Hospital.^[3] In 2007 the Sisters of Mercy sold a car park behind the hospital to Noel Smyth, a developer, for residential development.^[4] St. Vincent's Healthcare Group confirmed at the time that it had no plans to dispose of the hospital 'either by sale or site swap'.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'. 14 May 2013. Irish Medical Times. 27 May 2019. 27 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190527160710/https://www.imt.ie/news/six-hospital-groups-most-fundamental-reform-in-decades-14-05-2013/. live.
2. Web site: 1875 – St. Michael’s Hospital & Proposed Convent of Mercy, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. Archiseek. 17 May 2019. 17 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517112523/http://archiseek.com/2009/st-michaels-hospital-proposed-convent-of-mercy-dun-laoghaire-co-dublin/. live.
3. Web site: Annual Review 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20170802124552/http://www.stvincents.ie/documents/SVUHARExecutive04.pdf. 2 August 2017. St Vincent's Healthcare Group. 17 May 2019.
4. Web site: Hospital car park sale divides nuns. 30 September 2007. The Guardian. 17 May 2019. 17 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517120430/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/30/henrymcdonald.theobserver. live.