Construction site at Sligo Mental Hospital (St. Columba's). All limestone was dressed on site by 18 stone cutters from rough stone quarried at Cairn's Hill, 2 miles south of Sligo. The hospital was constructed by G. & T. Crampton in 1935-1936. The architects were McDonnell Dixon Downes. The building is now the HSE Sligo/Leitrim and West Cavan Mental Health Services.
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Sligo Mental Hospital (St. Columba's) personnel, from left to right: Ned Davenport (relief foreman for J. Dunne), Jimmy Dunne (foreman), C. Connolly (clerk of works), J. Sidney East (timekeeper, later Chairman of G. & T. Crampton). The hospital was constructed by G. & T. Crampton in 1935-1936. The architects were McDonnell Dixon Downes. The building is now the HSE Sligo/Leitrim and West Cavan Mental Health Services.
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