St. Fintan's Hospital

St. Fintan's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Fintan) is a psychiatric hospital in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland.

St. Fintan's Hospital
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St. Fintan's Hospital
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Geography
LocationPortlaoise, County Laois, Ireland
Coordinates53.03571°N 7.28458°W / 53.03571; -7.28458
Organisation
Care systemHSE
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1833

History

The hospital, which was designed by William Murphy, opened as the Maryborough Asylum in 1833.[1] It was extended in 1865 and again in 1898.[1] It became Portlaoise Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Fintan's Hospital in the 1950s.[1] In the 1950s and 1960s the hospital's own football team, St. Fintan's Hospital GAA, had some success in local competitions.[2] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline;[3][4] however the hospital remained open and a contract was signed for major refurbishment works at the hospital in October 2018.[5]

On 15 April 2020, it was reported that, of the 25 people in their care, 8 patients had died of Covid-19 during the Easter weekend in the Maryborough Centre for Psychiatry of Old Age at St Fintan's Hospital.[6]

References
  1. "St. Fintan's Hospital, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, County Laois". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. "Laois Junior Football Championship Roll of Honour". Laois GAA. Retrieved 30 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. "Contract signed that paves way for St Fintan's Hospital overhaul". Leinster Express. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. Gleeson, Colin; Burns, Sarah; Hilliard, Mark (15 April 2020). "Coronavirus: Eight residents in Co Laois psychiatric centre die from Covid-19". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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