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Commissioners In Lunacy For Ireland
The Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland or Lunacy Commission for Ireland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in Ireland. Establishment The Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland, more strictly known as the "Commission of General Control and Correspondence", was established in 1821 by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821. The commission consisted of four doctors and four lay members. It was responsible for designating the districts to be served by the asylums, selecting the locations and approving the designs. Asylums commissioned The Eglinton Asylum in Cork and the Richmond Asylum in Dublin existed at the time the legislation was enacted and were incorporated into the new district asylum system as the Cork Asylum and the Dublin Asylum in 1830 and 1845 respectively. The new asylums that were commissioned under the auspices of the Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland included: * Antrim Asylum, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Body
A statutory corporation is a government entity created as a statutory body by statute. Their precise nature varies by jurisdiction, thus, they are statutes owned by a government or controlled by national or sub-national government to the (in some cases minimal) extent provided for in the creating legislation. Bodies described in the English language as "statutory corporations" exist in the following countries in accordance with the associated descriptions (where provided). Australia In Australia, statutory corporations are a type of statutory authority created by Acts of state or federal parliaments. A statutory corporation is defined in the government glossary as a "statutory body that is a body corporate, including an entity created under section 87 of the PGPA Act" (i.e. a statutory authority may also be a statutory corporation). An earlier definition describes a statutory corporation as "a statutory authority that is a body corporate", and the New South Wales Government's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Conal's Hospital
St Conal's Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Naomh Conaill) was a psychiatric hospital located in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. Opened in 1866 (as the Donegal District Lunatic Asylum), it had people work on its farm as recently as 1995. The building is still extant. History The hospital, which was designed by George Wilkinson in the neo-Georgian style using a corridor layout, was built by Matthew McClelland at a cost of £37,900 and opened as the Donegal District Lunatic Asylum in February 1866. At that time it accommodated 300 patients (150 male and 150 female). It has been described as "one of the finest buildings in the country". A large new building was erected at the rear of the site in 1912. The facility became the Donegal Mental Hospital in the 1920s and benefited from a new chapel, designed in the neo-Norman style, being erected in the 1930s. The facility was renamed St Conal's Hospital in 1956. As the hospital expanded nursing staff numbers reached close to 500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commissioners In Lunacy For Scotland
The Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland or Lunacy Commission for Scotland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in Scotland. Previous bodies The Madhouses (Scotland) Act 1815 established the right of Scottish Sheriffs to order the inspection of madhouses. Establishment The Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland was established in 1857 by the Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857. There were two Commissioners of Lunacy each paid £1,200 a year and two Deputy Commissioners each paid £600 a year. Chairmen of the board were as follows: * 1857-1859 William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto * 1859-1863 William Forbes Mackenzie * 1863-1894 Sir John Don-Wauchope * 1894-1897 Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael * 1897-1909 Walter George Hepburne-Scott, 9th Lord Polwarth * 1909-1913 Sir Thomas Mason The Commissioners themselves were physicians. Mainly based at 51 Queen Street in Edinburgh. These includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commissioners In Lunacy
The Commissioners in Lunacy or Lunacy Commission were a public body established by the Lunacy Act 1845 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in England and Wales. It succeeded the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy. Previous bodies The predecessors of the Commissioners in Lunacy were the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, dating back to the Madhouses Act 1774, and established as such by the Madhouses Act 1828. By 1842 their remit had been extended from London to cover the whole country. The Lord Chancellor's jurisdiction over lunatics so found by writ of ''De Lunatico Inquirendo'' had been delegated to two Masters-in-Chancery. By the Lunacy Act 1842 (5&6 Vict. c.64), these were established as the ''Commissioners in Lunacy'' and after 1845 they were retitled ''Masters in Lunacy''.Jones (2003) p.222 Establishment Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury was the head of the Commission from its founding in 1845 until his death in 1885. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone And Fermanagh Hospital
The Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Thír Eoghain agus Fhear Manach) is a mental health facility in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Western Health and Social Care Trust. History The hospital was commissioned as an initiative of the gentry of the counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh in the early 19th century. It was designed by William Farrell in the Elizabethan Gothic style and opened as the Omagh District Lunatic Asylum in 1853. Although it was originally intended to accommodate 300 patients, this proved inadequate and additional buildings were erected and the east and west wings were both extended in the 1860s. By the 1930s the facility had become the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital. Following the introduction of Care in the Community Care in the Community (also called "Community Care" or "Domiciliary Care") is a British policy of deinstitutionalisation, treating and caring for physically and mentally disabled people in their homes rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Londonderry County Asylum
The Londonderry County Asylum ( ga, Tearmann Chontae Dhoire) was a psychiatric hospital at Strand Road in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. History The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Londonderry Asylum in 1829. It had been built at a cost of £25,678 and was intended to cater for the City of Derry and the counties of Londonderry, Donegal Donegal may refer to: County Donegal, Ireland * County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster * Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland * Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ... and Tyrone. The asylum initially provided accommodation for 104 patients but had to be extended the following year so it could accommodate 150 patients. After the patients were transferred to the new Gransha Hospital, the asylum closed in 1905. By the mid-1960s the site had become overgrown and the remaining buildings were demolish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady's Hospital, Ennis
Our Lady's Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Mhuire) was a psychiatric hospital in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. History The hospital, which was designed by William Fogerty, opened as the Ennis Asylum in 1868. It became Ennis Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become Our Lady's Hospital in the 1950s. After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation Deinstitutionalisation (or deinstitutionalization) is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability. In the lat ... in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in March 2002. The site, which has changed hands several times since the hospital closed, was acquired by a new developer in March 2018. References {{reflist Hospitals in County Clare Psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland Hospital buildings completed in 1868 1868 establishments in Ireland Hospitals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downshire Hospital
The Downshire Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Downshire) is a 16-bed psychiatric hospital at Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, for both psychiatric intensive-care patients and low secure rehabilitation. History The hospital, which was designed by Henry Smyth, was opened as the Down Lunatic Asylum in 1869. It was extended in 1883, 1895 and 1904. It became the Down Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as Downshire Hospital in 1948. Following the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and provision for patients reduced from over 300 beds to just 16. Part of the building was subsequently converted for use as offices for Down District Council Down District Council was a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. It merged with Newry and Mourne District Council in April 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Newry, Mourne and Down District C . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Asylum
Belfast Asylum ( ga, Tearmann Bhéal Feirste) was a psychiatric hospital on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. History The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Belfast Asylum in 1829. In an important legal case in the mid nineteenth century, the governors of the asylum argued that compulsory religious education of the insane was unwise and successfully persuaded the courts that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland should not be allowed to appoint chaplains to the asylum. After services transferred to the new Purdysburn Villa Colony, Belfast Asylum closed in 1913. The asylum building was converted for use as the Belfast War Hospital in July 1917 during the First World War. The War Office The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). This article contains text from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821
The Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 formed the basis of mental health law in Ireland from 1821 until 2015. Background Prior to the Lunacy (Ireland) Act, there had been only limited progress with establishing specialist accommodation for the mentally ill in Ireland. The only such facilities were the Eglinton Asylum in Cork and the Richmond Asylum in Dublin. Provisions The legislation authorised the appointment of a Commission of General Control and Correspondence to have oversight of asylums in Ireland. It also gave powers to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the King ... to establish and operate publicly funded "district asylums" across the island of Ireland. Subsequent legislation Although the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871 made some chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Luke's Hospital, Armagh
St Luke's Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Naomh Lúcás) is a psychiatric hospital in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. History The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Armagh Asylum in 1825. It expanded with the opening of the Hill Building in 1898. Following the introduction of Care in the Community Care in the Community (also called "Community Care" or "Domiciliary Care") is a British policy of deinstitutionalisation, treating and caring for physically and mentally disabled people in their homes rather than in an institution. Institutional ca ... in the early 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and various facilities including inpatient dementia care and inpatient addiction services have been progressively withdrawn. References External links * Southern Health and Social Care Trust Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) hospitals Hospitals in County Armagh Hospitals established in 1825 Hospital build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywell Hospital
Holywell Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Holywell) is a facility that provides a range of mental health services in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. Based on a 140-acre site in Antrim, the 149-bed facility is managed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. History Holywell Hospital was first opened with over 400 beds available for mental health in 1899. Initially called Antrim County Lunatic Asylum, the need was based on the massive pressures already existing at the time in Belfast’s former mental hospital which was then based on the site of the current Royal Maternity Hospital on the Grosvenor Road. The site was originally selected in 1891 and construction later began in around 1894 under the direction of architect, Charles Lanyon and builders H &J Martin of Belfast. It was set to be open by 1896, however, things did not run smoothly in the course of the construction of the hospital due to disagreements between Lanyon, the board of governors and the site’s contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
