The Central Mental Hospital ( ga, An Príomh-Oispidéal Meabhar-Ghalar) is a mental health facility housing
forensic patients in
Portrane, Dublin,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. The hospital, along with a community day centre for outpatients at
Usher's Island, forms part of the National Forensic Mental Health Service.
History
The hospital opened as the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum for Ireland at
Dundrum, Dublin
Dundrum (, ''the ridge fort''), originally a town in its own right, is an outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The area is located in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16. Dundrum is home to the Dundrum Town Centre, the largest shoppin ...
in 1850. This was an early move of an ideological initiative throughout the United Kingdom and its colonies which included the building of the infamous
Broadmoor Hospital
Broadmoor Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. It is the oldest of the three high-security psychiatric hospitals in England, the other two being Ashworth Hospital near Liverpool and Rampton Secure ...
in England.
[History]
Central Mental Hospital Carers, a group of patient relatives The site was originally chosen to be soothing to mental health patients and was intentionally not linked to any particular prison service to maintain the distinction between criminality and illness.
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The
Health Service Executive
The Health Service Executive (HSE) ( ga, Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland, responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005 ...
announced in February 2012 that the hospital would locate to the former site of the old
St. Ita's Hospital in
Portrane. The construction works were undertaken by Rhatigan OHL at a cost of €140 million. The new facility opened in November 2022.
Services
The hospital provides treatment in high, low, and medium-security conditions. Patients are referred by the courts, the prisons and local hospitals for both assessment and residential treatment. The site is fully accredited by the
Royal College of Psychiatrists for training purposes and provides intensive psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation. However, demand is greater than supply.
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See also
* St. Nahi's Church, Dundrum
*Taney Parish
The Parish of Taney is a populous parish in the Church of Ireland, located in the Dundrum area of Dublin.
History
Early history
Taney's origins go back to the early Irish saint Nathi, who in the 6th century established a centre for monastic ...
References
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Psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland
Hospitals in Fingal
1850 establishments in Ireland