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Grangegorman
Sign in to saveGrangegorman () is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city, Ireland. The area is administered by Dublin City Council. It was best known for decades as the location of St Brendan's Hospital, which was the main psychiatric hospital serving the greater Dublin region. As of 2020, the area is the subject of a major redevelopment plan, running for more than a decade, under the aegis of the Grangegorman Development Agency, including the new Technological University Dublin campus.
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- Locality
- Dublin
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- Modern suburb of Grangegorman
- Historical civil parishes of Grangegorman
- The Neighbourhood of Grangegorman
- History
- The Dean's Orchard
- The House of Industry
- Richmond General Penitentiary
- Richmond District Asylum
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Grangegorman () is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city, Ireland. The area is administered by Dublin City Council. It was best known for decades as the location of St Brendan's Hospital, which was the main psychiatric hospital serving the greater Dublin region. As of 2020, the area is the subject of a major redevelopment plan, running for more than a decade, under the aegis of the Grangegorman Development Agency, including the new Technological University Dublin campus.
Grangegorman is also the name of a civil parish in the historical baronies of Dublin City and Coolock.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grangegorman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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