St. Canice's Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Naomh Cainneach) was a

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History

The hospital, which was designed by

George Papworth George Papworth (1781–1855) was a British architect who practised mainly in Ireland during the nineteenth century. Early life and career Papworth was born in London in 1781 and was the third son of the English stuccoist John Papworth (1750–1 ...

in the

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, opened as the Kilkenny Asylum in 1852. It became Kilkenny Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Canice'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 late ...

in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in July 2006. A modern facility, St Gabriel's Ward, has been created in the grounds of the old hospital.

References

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