St. James's Hospital ''Confirms spelling of name as "James's" and Irish name'' ( ga, Ospidéal Naomh Séamas) is a

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. Its academic partner is

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. It is managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.

History

The origins of the hospital lie in a

poorhouse A poorhouse or workhouse is a government-run (usually by a county or municipality) facility to support and provide housing for the dependent or needy. Workhouses In England, Wales and Ireland (but not in Scotland), ‘workhouse’ has been the ...

initiated when

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paid £300 to acquire the site in 1603. The war between William III and James II intervened and the project was abandoned until Mary, Duchess of Ormonde, wife of

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, (1665–1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather, the 1st Duke, he was raised as a Protes ...

laid a foundation stone in 1703. The

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, lobbied for the creation of facilities for abandoned infants and, in 1727, the poorhouse was expanded by the addition of a

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. The brewer

Arthur Guinness Arthur Guinness ( 172523 January 1803) was an Irish brewer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The inventor of Guinness beer, he founded the Guinness Brewery at St. James's Gate in 1759. Born in Celbridge, County Kildare around 1725, Guinn ...

served on the board of directors in its early years. The foundling hospital closed in 1829 and the buildings were absorbed by the South Dublin Union Workhouse. During the

Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with t ...

in 1916, the South Dublin Union Workhouse was occupied by rebel forces. The poorhouse evolved to become a municipal hospital known as St Kevin's Hospital, following Irish independence in 1921, and changed its name to St. James's Hospital in 1971. The Trinity Centre, which incorporates the clinical departments of Trinity College's Medical School and its medical library, opened in 1994. A new

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unit for

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treatment was established at the hospital in 2012. The St James's campus was chosen in 2012 as the site for the

National Paediatric Hospital an as-yet unnamed children's hospital is under construction on the campus of St. James's Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, as a regional secondary and national tertiary centre. Referred to in planning documents simply as the new children's hospital ...

, allowing colocation with the adult hospital, and potentially "trilocation" with a future

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on the same site. In 2015, the hospital became the first hospital in Ireland to introduce routine testing for HIV and

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for all patients arriving at the hospital.

Services

The hospital, which is the main

for

, has 1,010 beds.

Notable people

* Anne Young, founder of the first Irish school of general nursing.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Jamess Hospital Teaching hospitals of the University of Dublin, Trinity College Teaching hospitals in Dublin (city) Buildings and structures completed in 1727 Hospital buildings completed in the 18th century 1727 establishments in Ireland Hospitals established in 1971 Poor law infirmaries Voluntary hospitals Health Service Executive hospitals

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