Tipperary University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Thiobraid Árann) is a public hospital located in

Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

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. It is managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group.

History

The hospital has it origins in the Clonmel Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and opened in October 1853. The Sisters of Mercy managed the clinical operations of the infirmary from 1883. The infirmary evolved to become St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel and, after a major expansion, it re-opened as the Clonmel County Medical and Maternity Hospital in 1950.

Services

The hospital provides 318 beds, of which 217 are in-patient beds, 25 are designated for day cases, 25 for emergency department patients, and 2 for labour ward admissions, while a further 49 are reserved for psychiatric patients.

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* {{Authority control Buildings and structures in Clonmel Health Service Executive hospitals Hospital buildings completed in 1853 1853 establishments in Ireland Hospitals in County Tipperary Hospitals established in 1853 19th-century architecture in the Republic of Ireland