St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick

St. Joseph's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Seosamh) is a psychiatric hospital in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland.

The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Limerick Asylum in January 1827.

[1] It became Limerick Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Joseph's Hospital in the 1950s.

[1] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline.

[2][3] However, despite calls for its closure,[4] the hospital continues to offer rehabilitation services.