History...

The Hospital's founder George Simpson died in January 1779 and was buried in the cemetery of St Mary's Church, Mary Street Dublin. Little is known of him except that he was a wealthy Merchant and Landowner. It is said that in his later years he suffered from weak eyesight and gout and during his final illness he had thought of others suffering as he was, but without the means to obtain relief.

George Simpson left the residue of his estate, after providing for his wife, relatives and a number of charities, to the funding of a Hospital for "poor, decayed and gouty men". The Hospital was originally located in Parnell Street. This building was something of a Dublin landmark and is of course mentioned in Ulysses. In 1925 these premises were sold to Williams and Woods and the charity moved to its present location at Wyckham on the Ballinteer Road Dundrum. Wyckham is a late Georgian house built around 1800 which has been extended and modernised by the Charity.