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3 unusual facts about Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital


Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital

Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital (often called Cappagh Hospital), situated in Finglas, Dublin, is the biggest orthopaedic hospital in Ireland.

It is now a major tertiary orthopaedic hospital, and provides tertiary elective orthopaedic services for the hospitals of the region including St. Vincent's Hospital, Mater Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Temple Street Children's Hospital, and Central Remedial Clinic.

Lady Martin, widow of Sir Richard Martin, died in 1907 and bequeathed Cappagh House to the Religious Sisters of Charity "to provide a school for poor children in the neighbourhood".



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