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Hospital or Medical Institution of some sort at 'the Mespil' Dublin late 1930s?

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  • 03-07-2023 12:24pm
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    tuisginideach
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    Still working on a 1937-1941 diary. Writer had nursing experience from WW1. Writes about frequently visiting the "Incurables Hospital" (now the Royal, Donnybrook) and "the Mespil". I can't find any reference to a medical connection for the Mespil - I know it is very near Baggot St Hospital but was there any 'stand alone' medical facility, or facility for elderly people there?

    Thanks for any help.



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    BowWow
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    There was a Mespil House on Sussex Road at junction of Mespil Road. Now the Mespil Estate. Not far from the Royal Hospital - might be worth following up...



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    tuisginideach
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    Thanks BowWow - yes the artist Sarah Purser lived there and so 'my' writer would have visited her there but her regular references are separate to the Purser occasions. I wondered if it was just her shorthand for 'a walk by the Canal'!



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