Londonderry County Asylum
The Londonderry County Asylum (Irish: Tearmann Chontae Dhoire) was a psychiatric hospital at Strand Road in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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| Geography | |
| Location | Derry, County Londonderry,, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 55.01022°N 7.31621°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
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| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1829 |
| Closed | 1905 |
History
The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Londonderry Asylum in 1829.[1] It had been built at a cost of £25,678 and was intended to cater for the counties of Londonderry, Donegal and Tyrone.[2] The asylum initially provided accommodation for 104 patients but had to be extended the following year so it could accommodate 150 patients.[2] After the patients were transferred to the new Gransha Hospital, the asylum closed in 1905.[3][4] The Strand Road site is now occupied by a Sainsbury's store.[5]
References
- "Saint Ita's Hospital, Portraine". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland". S Lewis & Co.
- "Londonderry County Asylum". Hansard. 13 June 1895. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- "Huge blaze at old hospital 'was deliberate': Fire Service". Belfast Telegraph. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- "Derry Sainsbury's store to let go staff as part of management restructuring". Derry Now. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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