St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview () is a small

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History

The hospital was established, following a bequest by Elizabeth Magan (sister of the

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, Francis Magan), at Richmond House in Fairview in May 1857. The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul were responsible for its operation from its founding, but following its decision to become a

voluntary hospital A voluntary hospital is a non-profit private hospital. They can be distinguished from for-profit private hospitals, and municipal or public hospitals, which are publicly owned. Created from the eighteenth century onwards in England, hospitals usin ...

in 1974, the daughters left in May 1998. The hospital is mentioned in

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'' is the second book and first novel of Irish writer James Joyce, published in 1916. A ''Künstlerroman'' written in a modernist style, it traces the religious and intellectual awakening of young Ste ...

'' published in 1916. 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 1950 ...

in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline. However a new adolescent inpatient unit was opened in 2009. Double Olympic gold-medallist Kellie Harrington (Boxing, 2020) works there as a cleaner.

References

External links

Official Website
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