Richmond Surgical Hospital

The Richmond Surgical Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Máinliachta Richmond) was a general hospital in Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland.

Richmond Surgical Hospital
Entrance to the Richmond Surgical Hospital
Shown in Dublin
Geography
Location	Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates	53.3511°N 6.2786°W / 53.3511; -6.2786
Organisation
Type	General hospital
History
Opened	1810
Closed	1987

History

The building has its origins in a convent constructed by some Benedictine nuns in 1688.^[1] It became part of the House of Industry who commissioned a hospital to care for the 'ruptured poor'; it opened in 1810.^[1] The hospital was completely rebuilt to a design by Carroll & Batchelor in the English Renaissance style in red brick and terracotta tiles and was officially opened by Earl Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in April 1901.^[2] After services transferred to the Beaumont Hospital, the Richmond Surgical Hospital closed in 1987.^[1]

In the early 1990s the building was acquired by businessman Rory O'Meara who, in 1996, converted it into a courthouse.^[3] Then in 2013 it was acquired by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation which, in 2018, converted it into an education and event centre.^[1]