ID22402
CollectionSaint Ultan's Hospital
Collection DescriptionSaint Ultan's Hospital was founded by Kathleen Lynn and Madeline Ffrench Mullen at 37 Clanbrassil Street in Dublin and opened in 1919. It was originally intended that the hospital receive adult patients but it became an infants' hospital. [Saint Ultan was a Bishop of Meath who had cared for children orphaned by the Bui Connall/Yellow Plague].
Reference
Description

Minute Books:
1919
1923-1952
1970-1984 
The early volumes have references to Cumann na dTeachaire/ Association of Women Delegates conference, March 1918, a committee formed to combat the spread of venereal diseases, post World War I.

The Committee ran a baby clinic. Material includes:

Constitution of the Hospital

Minutes of the Medical Committee:
1913-1936
1948-1963

Annual Reports:
1919-1949
1960-1969

AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1913-1969; 1970-1984
Century20th
Keywords
Repository NameRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland
Address6 Kildare Street Dublin 2
EircodeD02 E434
Telephone(01) 669-8817
Email Addressheritagecentre@rcpi.ie
Email Address 2harrietwheelock@rcpi.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://www.rcpi.ie/heritage-centre/our-archive-collections/
CommentSome of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by staff of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and we are grateful for their assistance. Where no or partial lists were available Staff of the Women's History Project compiled an outline list. It must be remembered that due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually.
latitude53.34136
longitude-6.25448