St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin

St. Brendan's Hospital
Health Service Executive
Entrance to St. Brendan's Hospital
Shown in Dublin
Geography
LocationGrangegorman, North Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates53°21′26″N 6°17′07″W / 53.3571°N 6.2852°W / 53.3571; -6.2852
Organisation
Care systemHSE
TypeSpecialist
Services
Beds54
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1815

St. Brendan's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Breandán) was a psychiatric facility located in the north Dublin suburb of Grangegorman. It formed part of the mental health services of Dublin North East with its catchment area being North West Dublin. It is now the site of a modern mental health facility known as the "Phoenix Care Centre". Since the official opening of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum in 1815 the Grangegorman site has continuously provided institutional facilities for the reception of the mentally ill until the present day. As such the Phoenix Care Centre represents the continuation of the oldest public psychiatric facility in Ireland.