1786 – Simpson’s Hospital, Parnell St., Dublin
Simpson’s Hospital was founded in 1779 under the terms of a Mr George Simpson’s will,
Simpson’s Hospital was founded in 1779 under the terms of a Mr George Simpson’s will,
The architect of the Westmoreland Lock Hospital is uncertain.
In 1704 the Foundling hospital of Dublin was opened.
“Fevers of one form or another were endemic in the city at this time and in the House of Industry epidemics were frequent and devastating.
The hospital was founded by six Dublin surgeons as the Charitable Infirmary in Cook St.,
Constructed 1801-1804, as a Fever Hospital and House of Recovery.
The physician Sir Patrick Dun had died in 1713,
A former convent on North Brunswick Street converted and extended into a surgical hospital around 1810.
The Lower House is the name given to the former Richmond Asylum which opened to patients in 1814 and served over 2,000 patients at its peak.
“Parliament was again petitioned successfully by the Governors [of the North Union] in 1815.