Archiseek1753 – St. Patrick’s Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin
Architect: George Semple
The essayist and Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Jonathan Swift, died in 1745 and left an endowment in his will for the establishment of a mental hospital for Dublin as "St. Patrick's Hospital for Imbeciles". In March 174
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Architect: George Semple The essayist and Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Jonathan Swift, died in 1745 and left an endowment in his will for the establishment of a mental hospital for Dublin as "St. Patrick's Hospital for Imbeciles". In March 1747, Dr. Steevens' Hospital agreed to provide a small amount of land fronting Bow Lane