Muckamore Abbey Hospital

The Muckamore Abbey Hospital is a health facility in Abbey Road, Muckamore, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

Muckamore Abbey Hospital
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Muckamore Abbey Hospital
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
Location	Abbey Road, Muckamore, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.6923°N 6.1887°W
Organisation
Care system	Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Mental health
History
Opened	1949

History

The facility, which is located just south of a ruined Augustinian priory,[1] opened as a mental health facility in 1949.[2][3] A "special care colony" for people with an intellectual disability with capacity of up to 1,000 patients added in 1958.[4] Following a 2019 investigation into alleged abuses at the hospital, the Department of Health stated that it was considering a planned closure of the hospital.[5]

References

1. "Muckamore Abbey, County Antrim: geophysical report" (PDF). Queen's University, Belfast. p. 23. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
2. "Montgomery and Armstrong". Retrieved 30 March 2020.
3. "Muckamore Abbey Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
4. Prior, Pauline M. (2012). Asylums, Mental Health Care and the Irish: 1800-2010. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0716531524.
5. "Muckamore: Hospital 'should close', review author warns". BBC. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

Further reading

• Montgomery, Ian; Armstrong, Joe (2012). From Special Care to Specialist Treatment: A History of Muckamore Abbey Hospital. Ulster Historical Foundation. ISBN 978-1908448484.