Muckamore Abbey Hospital
The Muckamore Abbey Hospital is a health facility in Abbey Road, Muckamore, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.History
The facility, which is located just south of a ruined Augustinian priory, opened as a mental health facility in 1949. A "special care colony" for people with an intellectual disability with capacity of up to 1,000 patients added in 1958. Following an investigation into alleged abuses at the hospital, the Department of Health stated that it was considering a planned closure of the hospital.
