St. Luke's Hospital, Clonmel

St. Luke's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Lúcás) was a psychiatric hospital in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

St. Luke's Hospital
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St. Luke's Hospital
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Geography
Location	Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Coordinates	52.35443°N 7.71732°W
Organisation
Care system	HSE
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Psychiatric hospital
History
Opened	1835

History

The hospital which was designed by William Murray, opened as the Clonmel Asylum in January 1835.[1] It became Clonmel Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Luke's Hospital in the 1950s.[2] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline[3][4] and, following the publication of a highly critical report in 2009,[5] the hospital closed in December 2012.[6][7]

References

1. "William Murray". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
2. "St Luke's Hospital, Western Road, Clonmel, Tipperary South". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
3. "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
4. Cotter, Noelle (2009). "Transfer of Care? A Critical Analysis of Post-Release Psychiatric Care for Prisoners in the Cork Region" (PDF). University College Cork. p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
5. "Damning report reveals grim state of our psychiatric units". Irish News. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
6. "Hospital closures pave way for new mental health premises at Portrane". Irish Times. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
7. "St. Luke's Hospital (Clonmel) holds its last ball". Tipperary Live. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

Further reading

• Lonergan, Eamonn (1985). St. Luke's Hospital, Clonmel, 1834-1984: a history.