Scott’s hospital at Tullamore, although faced with traditional limestone masonry, has a very strong horizontal linearity and glazed stairwell that show a Dutch Modernist influence in the massing and the use of a round bay in the centre of the main block.
Built on the site of the old county gaol and incorporating some of the footprint of the demolished building.
Castlerea was established as part of the system of district mental hospitals in 1939 as a Psychiatric Hospital annex to St Bridget’s Hospital in Ballinasloe.
The former St. Senan’s hospital was built by the Government as a hotel accommodation for passengers travelling on the flying boats which passed through Foynes while en-route to America and Continental Europe.
The new sanatorium at Ballyowen was formally handed over on 28th April 1952. This was later reopened as a psychiatric hospital,
Extension to the original 19th century hospital in a Dutch modern style. Extended in 1962 by the same architects.
Plans for a new general hospital to serve the northwest of Northern Ireland were drawn up by Yorke,
St. Vincent’s Hospital was established by Mother Mary Aikenhead, founder of the Catholic order Religious Sisters of Charity,
The idea of building a new hospital was first looked at in 1931 as it was clear that the old Coombe Lying-In Hospital could not meet increasing demand.
A Belfast landmark with its distinctive yellow colour, the City Hospital Tower is 15 stories and 76 m (250 ft) in height.
