St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview Explained

St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview
Coordinates:53.3667°N -6.244°W
State:Fairview, Dublin
Country:Ireland
Type:Specialist
Speciality:Psychiatric Hospital
Map Type:Ireland Dublin
Founded:1857

St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Uinseann, Fionnradharc) is a small psychiatric hospital in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland.

History

The hospital was established, following a bequest by Elizabeth Magan (sister of the informant, Francis Magan), at Richmond House in Fairview in May 1857.[1] The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul were responsible for its operation from its founding, but following its decision to become a voluntary hospital in 1974, the daughters left in May 1998.[2] The hospital is mentioned in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man published in 1916.[2]

After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline.[3] [4] However a new adolescent inpatient unit was opened in 2009.[2]

Double Olympic gold-medallist Kellie Harrington (Boxing, 2020) works there as a cleaner.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Collins, Aidan . St Vincent's Hospital, Fairview - An Illustrated History 1857-2007. Albertine Kennedy Publishing with Duke Kennedy Sweetman. 2007. 978-0906002117.
  2. Web site: St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview. Royal College of Psychiatrists. 10 May 2019.
  3. Web site: After the Asylum. 13 July 2013. Irish Times. 29 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Transfer of Care? A Critical Analysis of Post-Release Psychiatric Care for Prisoners in the Cork Region. 5. Noelle . Cotter. University College Cork. 1. 2009. 29 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Irish Olympic boxer will return to part-time cleaning job even if she wins gold. 2021-08-05. uk.news.yahoo.com. en-GB.