Muckamore Abbey Hospital
The Muckamore Abbey Hospital is a health facility in Abbey Road, Muckamore, County Antrim, 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, was added in 1958. Following a 2019 investigation into alleged abuses at the hospital, the Department of Health stated that it was considering a planned closure of the hospital. Muckamore Abbey Hospital