Grangegorman
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Grangegorman Development Agency is an agency of the Government of Ireland charged with redevelopment of the Grangegorman Campus, formerly within the curtilage of St. Brendan's Hospital
. Grangegorman
itself is an inner city area on the Northside
of Dublin, Ireland
.
750 million education and health development by the Grangegorman Development Agency for Dublin Institute of Technology
and the Health Service Executive
. The site's design has been provided by the American architectural firm of Moore Ruble Yudell under the direction of Irish-born Architect James Mary O'Connor. The surrounding community is an equal stakeholder in the project and receives technical support from the Grangegorman Community Forum.
The campus, at 29 hectare
s, is the largest undeveloped site in the City of Dublin. It is expected that the campus will be linked to the proposed Luas
extension (Line BX&D) from the city centre to Broombridge (Railway Station).
In the mid-twentieth century, Grangegorman Mental Hospital had patient population of approximately 2,000 people. Its branch hospital, St. Ita's, Portrane, would have housed a similar number of patients. Although the original building of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum has now been largely destroyed, St. Brendan's Hospital continues as a psychiatric hospital and currently has five wards with a total of eighty-two psychiatric beds. It forms part of the HSE Dublin North West Mental Health Service and its catchment area is north-west Dublin.
St. Brendan's Hospital (Grangegorman)
St. Brendan's Hospital is a psychiatric facility located in the north Dublin suburb of Grangegorman. It forms part of the HSE mental health services of Dublin North East. Its catchment area is North West Dublin...
. Grangegorman
Grangegorman
Grangegorman Development Agency is an agency of the Government of Ireland charged with redevelopment of the Grangegorman Campus, formerly within the curtilage of St. Brendan's Hospital...
itself is an inner city area on the Northside
Northside (Dublin)
The Northside is the area in County Dublin, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the north and west by the boundaries of County Dublin.- Introduction :...
of Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
.
Grangegorman Campus
The Grangegorman Campus is a proposed €Euro
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750 million education and health development by the Grangegorman Development Agency for Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology was established officially in 1992 under the but had been previously set up in 1978 on an ad-hoc basis. The institution can trace its origins back to 1887 with the establishment of various technical institutions in Dublin, Ireland...
and the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive
The Health Service Executive is responsible for the provision of healthcare providing health and personal social services for everyone living in Ireland, with public funds. The Executive was established by the Health Act, 2004 and came into official operation on January 1, 2005...
. The site's design has been provided by the American architectural firm of Moore Ruble Yudell under the direction of Irish-born Architect James Mary O'Connor. The surrounding community is an equal stakeholder in the project and receives technical support from the Grangegorman Community Forum.
The campus, at 29 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
s, is the largest undeveloped site in the City of Dublin. It is expected that the campus will be linked to the proposed Luas
Luas
Luas , also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, is a tram or light rail system serving Dublin, the first such system in the decades since the closure of the last of the Dublin tramways. In 2007, the system carried 28.4 million passengers, a growth of 10% since...
extension (Line BX&D) from the city centre to Broombridge (Railway Station).
St. Brendan's Hospital, Grangegorman
Officially opened in 1815, although it received its first patients in 1814, the Richmond Lunatic Asylum was initially created as a national institution for the reception of recoverable lunatics. On the 30 July 1830 the asylum was incorporated into the national system of district asylums and was renamed the Richmond Lunatic District Asylum. Under the district asylum system it received patients resident in the city and county of Dublin and the counties of Louth, Meath, Wicklow and the town of Drogheda. On 19 May 1921 its name was changed to the Grangegorman Mental Hospital. On 17 April 1958 its name was changed to St. Brendan's Hospital, which it retains to this day.In the mid-twentieth century, Grangegorman Mental Hospital had patient population of approximately 2,000 people. Its branch hospital, St. Ita's, Portrane, would have housed a similar number of patients. Although the original building of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum has now been largely destroyed, St. Brendan's Hospital continues as a psychiatric hospital and currently has five wards with a total of eighty-two psychiatric beds. It forms part of the HSE Dublin North West Mental Health Service and its catchment area is north-west Dublin.