Edenburn House, formerly 'Magh House' or 'Rockfield', is a house and demesne in the parish of
Ballymacelligott
Ballymacelligott () is a civil parish in the north of County Kerry in Ireland. It is situated east of Tralee in the historical barony of Trughanacmy.
History
A quarry was first built in Ballymacelligott in 1811 as a source for building materi ...
,
County Kerry
County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the cou ...
, in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
.
Built in the late 18th century, it is situated between
Tralee
Tralee ( ; ga, Trá Lí, ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the Lee River') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in Coun ...
and Castleisland.
Formerly the home of the Hussey family,
from 1937 to 1968, the house was used as to accommodate the religious order that ran the sanatorium for
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in w ...
patients that was constructed in front of Magh house. The Sanatorium took three years to build and was constructed in mass concrete from gravel extracted locally. Many thousands of people died within the walls of the sanatorium until a cure was found for TB in the 1950's.
Later becoming known as Edenburn Hospital, from 1968 until its closure in 1988 the building was a convalescent home and hospital, catering mostly for orthopaedic patients and elderly patients. Since being abandoned in 1988 the hospital section has fallen into disrepair with parts of the mass concrete roof section collapsing.
References
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Buildings and structures in County Kerry