1774 – Poor House, Limerick
Architect: Rev. Deane Hoare
In 1773 the Limerick county and city Grand Juries came together with a budget of 500 pounds to build a poorhouse on land donated by the local Bishop.
1833 – St Brigid’s Psychiatric Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Architect: William Murray / James F. Kempster
Formerly known as Ballinasloe District Asylum.
1834 – Crichton Royal Asylum, Dumfries, Scotland
Architect: William Burn
Designed with two central octagonal towers from which wings for the patients extended,
1843 – Glasgow Royal Hospital, Gartnavel, Scotland
Architect: Charles Wilson
An unusual design in Tudor Gothic,
1847 – The Eglinton Lunatic Asylum, Cork
Architect: William Atkins
Originally designed as three separate ranges spectactularly sited overlooking the river Lee.
1850 – Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
Architect: Jacob Owen & Frederick Clarendon, Board of Public Works
In 1850 a central asylum “for insane persons charged with offences in Ireland” was opened in Dundrum.
1854 – Upper House, Richmond District Lunatic Asylum, Dublin
Architect: Jacob Owen, Board of Public Works
This 1913 illustration depicts the front elevation of the Male Department of the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum,
1855 – Asylum, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey
Architect: William B. Moffat
In 1850 an 155-acre site was purchased at Earlswood Common,
1860 – Molyneux Church and Asylum for Blind Females, Leeson Park, Dublin
Architect: J. Rawson Carroll
Winning entry for an architectural competition held in late 1859 to design asylum and adjoining Christ Church.
1860 – The Finlay Asylum, Quebec City
Architect: Stent & Laver
Church of England Male Orphan Asylum (later called the Finlay Home) located in Quebec City,
