St. Davnet's Hospital

St. Davnet's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Damhnait) is a psychiatric hospital in Monaghan, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.

St. Davnet's Hospital
Health Service Executive
Chapels at St. Davnet's Hospital
Shown in Ireland
Geography
LocationMonaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland
Coordinates54.2510°N 6.9582°W / 54.2510; -6.9582
Organisation
Care systemHSE
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1869
Links
Websitewww.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/lho/cavanmonaghan/mental-health-services/

History

The hospital, which was designed by John McCurdy, was opened as the Cavan and Monaghan District Lunatic Asylum in 1869.[1][2] Two chapels were built, one for catholic patients and the other for protestant patients, and these were renovated by William Alphonsus Scott in 1910.[3]

The Irish republican, Peadar O'Donnell, was regarded as the first Irish person to use the term "occupation" in relation to the occupation of a workplace, when he and the staff of the hospital occupied the site in 1919. "The occupation was, in fact, the first action in Ireland to describe itself as a soviet, and the Red Flag was raised above the hospital."[4] It became Monaghan Mental Hospital in the late 1920s and St. Davnet's Hospital in the 1950s.[5]

After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline[6][7] and activities became focused on Blackwater House.[8]

References
  1. "Saint Davnet's Hospital (Clogher House & Errigal House), Armagh Road, Monaghan, County Monaghan". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. "'World Within Walls'— the history of a Monaghan institution". History Ireland. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. Brett, Charles (1970). Buildings of Monaghan. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society.
  4. "Political asylum – An Irishman's Diary on mental health and the Monaghan Soviet". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. NicGabhann, Niamh (28 August 2015). "Difficult Histories". Medical Humanities. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. 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.
  8. "Inspection of Monaghan's Blackwater House raises numerous concerns". Northern Sound. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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