Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital

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Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital
Western Health and Social Care Trust
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Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital
Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital is located in Northern Ireland
Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationOmagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°35′36″N 7°16′05″W / 54.5934°N 7.2680°W / 54.5934; -7.2680Coordinates: 54°35′36″N 7°16′05″W / 54.5934°N 7.2680°W / 54.5934; -7.2680
Organisation
Care systemHealth and Social Care in Northern Ireland
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityMental health
History
Opened1853
Links
Websitewww.westerntrust.hscni.net/1584.htm

The Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital (Irish: 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.[1] It was designed by William Farrell in the Elizabethan Gothic style and opened as the Omagh District Lunatic Asylum in 1853.[2] Although it was originally intended to accommodate 300 patients,[3] this proved inadequate and additional buildings were erected and the east and west wings were both extended in the 1860s.[2] By the 1930s the facility had become the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital.[4] Following the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and wards have been scheduled for closure.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Haldane, Michael (2000). Omagh: Paintings and Stories from the Seat of the Chiefs. Cottage Publications. p. 60. ISBN 978-1900935203.
  2. ^ a b "Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital". Department for Communities. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. ^ Burt, John R F; Burtinshaw, Kathryn (2017). Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots: A History of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Ireland. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1473879034.
  4. ^ "Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Anger as mental health services at Ash Villa proposed to close". Ulster Herald. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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