Saint Vincent's hospital, St Stephen's green

[alexb123]

I have been told that a relative of mine spent several weeks in the hospital at St Stephen's green in about 1905, although I do not know any details of the illness. I have looked online, but have not been able to find out very much about the hospital, other than when it was set up. I found that the hospital 'was the first Catholic hospital in Ireland and the first to be administered and staffed by women'. Could anyone tell me whether the hospital was for women only, or was it mixed. Did it cover a particular area of Dublin, and were there other hospitals at that time. Did patients had to pay for their medical treatments, or was this a charity. What sort of treatments did it provide, and did it specialise in certain types of illness?

[shanew147]

I think St. Vincent's was a general charitable hospital ... here's a summary of the details from Thom's 1904 :

 Physicians :  M.F. Cox, M. McHugh,
 Assistant Physician: W. Dargan
 Surgeons : John S. McArdle, R.F. Tobin
 Assistant Surgeons : P.J. Fagan
 Gynaecologist : A.J. Smith
 Ophthalmic & Oral Surgeon: Ferdinand Odevaine
 Surgeon/Dentist : K. O'Duffy
 Resident Medical Officers : Dr. Dillon & Dr. Barry  (I've left out all the qualification abbreviations)
 ....
This Institution was opened in 1834, by the Sisters of Charity. The Hospital contains one hundred and sixty beds; and has attached to it a Dispensary, open daily, where the sick are relieved, and also special gynaecological and ophthalmic wards and Dispensaries . Arrangements have been made for providing the Students, without extra charge, with facilities for studying infective fevers. Connected with the institution, also, is a Sanatorium for convalescent patients at Linden, Blackrock. The Hospital is visited daily from 9 to 10, and from 10 to 11 o'clock, A.M. Subscriptions and Donations will be gratefully received by the Sisters of Charity. There is a Training Institution for Nurses attached. Hon, Sec. Denis Kennedy, F.R.C.S. , 68. Merrion-square, Dublin.


Shane

[alexb123]

Thanks for your prompt reply Shane. I am even more curious as to how and why my relative spent time here.

[eadaoin]

Certainly in the 1960s, it was one of the biggish Dublin Hospitals - I remember visiting a friend there after a stomach operation.

And I remember bringing my fiancé (now OH) into A&E there when he sprained his ankle in the Wicklow mountains. (They weren't overly impressed that the sprain happened mid afternoon, and we'd been in the pub since - this was about midnight - oh, the irresponsible student days!)

eadaoin

[arthurjames]

I have been told that a relative of mine spent several weeks in the hospital at St Stephen's green in about 1905, although I do not know any details of the illness. I have looked online, but have not been able to find out very much about the hospital, other than when it was set up. I found that the hospital 'was the first Catholic hospital in Ireland and the first to be administered and staffed by women'. Could anyone tell me whether the hospital was for women only, or was it mixed. Did it cover a particular area of Dublin, and were there other hospitals at that time. Did patients had to pay for their medical treatments, or was this a charity. What sort of treatments did it provide, and did it specialise in certain types of illness?

I had OHS in 1965 at st.vincents

[ourgang]

Your post has prompted me to look at the historic 25 map on the OSI site as I never knew there was a St Vincent's Hospital at St. Stephen's Green.

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,716143,733199,7,9

[GOODDOG]

The a/e for this hospital was down Leeson Lane.Just about where the red cross is placed.  It was still standing around 7/8 years ago.
  It was facing the mortuary.  We used to look into the mortuary every day after leaving Loretta School to see how many new ones were laid out on the marble slabs.  Morbid curiosity of 5 year olds
    Michael

[alexb123]

Thank you for the map and memories of St Vincent's. The hospital is clearly marked in the south-east  of St Stephens Green on the map. I could see the school too.

I didn't know about the maps before, what a fantastic resource. I used the historic layers function on the maps to show the parish boundaries and local churches. Thanks.

[ourgang]

The maps are a wonderful facility. I use this OSI site all the time to find the most obscure places. After a while navigating the site you will get adept at changing from one map to the other to see how the locality has altered over the years and then when you have the modern map displayed it is facinating to use the overlay and unearth how the area looked in the early 1900's.

It has been helpful tracing old boundaries of farms in obscure parts of the country.