Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital

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.

Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationOmagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54.5934°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

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. "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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