St. Columba's Hospital

St. Columba's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Colm Cille) is a psychiatric hospital in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.

St. Columba's Hospital
St. Columba's Hospital
Shown in Ireland
Geography
LocationSligo, County Sligo, Ireland
Coordinates54.28174°N 8.46134°W / 54.28174; -8.46134
Organisation
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1855
Closed1992

History

The hospital, which was designed by William Deane Butler in the Elizabethan-style, opened as the Sligo Asylum in 1855.[1] It became Sligo Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Columba's Hospital in the 1950s.[1] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline[2][3] and closed in 1992.[4] After being converted for hotel use, it re-opened as the Clarion Hotel in 2005[4] and was subsequently re-branded as the Clayton Hotel.[5]

References
  1. "Saint Columba's, Saint Columba's Road, Sligo, County Sligo". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "€7m for Sligo's four-star Clarion Hotel". Irish Times. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. "Clayton Hotel". Ireland North West. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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