Whitworth Hospital

The facility was designed as a hospital for chronic patients of the House of Industry.^[1] The new hospital, which was named after the Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, opened in 1816.^[1] East and West wings, designed by Carroll & Batchelor, were added in 1900.^[1] It close temporarily in April 1849 on account of its high running costs but was re-opened a few months later by order of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.^[2] It closed permanently in November 1987.^[3] In 2002, the building was acquired by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, which has converted it for use as a meeting, training and study centre.^[4]

• O'Brien, Eion; Browne, Lorna; O'Malley, Kevin (1988). The House of Industry Hospitals: The Richmond, Whitworth and Hardwicke (St Laurence's Hospital); A closing memoir. Anniversary Press. ISBN 978-1870940023.