Erne Hospital

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Erne Hospital
Western Health and Social Care Trust
The old workhouse entrance block at Erne Hospital
Erne Hospital is located in Northern Ireland
Erne Hospital
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationCornagrade Road, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°20′58″N 7°38′15″W / 54.3495°N 7.6374°W / 54.3495; -7.6374
Organisation
Care systemHealth and Social Care in Northern Ireland
TypeCommunity
History
Opened1844
Closed2012

Erne Hospital was a health facility in Cornagrade Road, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. It was managed by the Western Health and Social Care Trust.

History[edit]

The facility has its origins in the Enniskillen Union Workhouse which was designed by George Wilkinson and was completed in March 1844.[1] After joining the National Health Service as Erne Hospital in 1948,[2] most of the workhouse buildings were demolished in the late 1950s and a modern health facility was completed in 1964.[1] After services transferred to the South West Acute Hospital, Erne Hospital was closed in June 2012 and, although the old workhouse entrance block survived, most of the more modern buildings were demolished in autumn 2016.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Enniskillen". Workhouses. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Erne Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ "The old Erne: a hospital at the heart of the community". Fermanagh Herald. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2020.