"Was there a hospital of that name in County Clare? " No, but it may be of significance that the earliest use for St James's Hospital in Dublin, some time in the 1700s, was for 'foundlings' - abandoned children These were, or course, well known used as dumping grounds by prostitutes to rid themselves of unwanted "accidents" "Not St James Palace, then" lock was a slang term not a name Jim Carroll
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