Whitworth Hospital | |
Location: | Grangegorman |
Region: | Dublin |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | General hospital |
Map Type: | Ireland Central Dublin |
Coordinates: | 53.3516°N -6.2764°W |
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]