Health from Water on the Hill

In brief

Sinéad McSweeney and Ronan Foley have released a book titled Ireland’s First Sanitorium: The St. Ann’s Hill Hydro, County Cork, 1843-1953. Published by Four Courts Press as part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series, the work examines the history of the Cork Hydro.

The book describes the facility as one of the most ambitious and successful health spas in Europe during its era. The history of the site spans from 1843 until it closed in 1953.