Fethard Equine Hospital – Vets in Fethard
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Clinic Overview
Fethard Equine Hospital is a purpose-built equine-only hospital established in 2007 and operating within O’Byrne and Halley’s wider equine practice. It works as both a first-opinion and referral centre, with a large clinical team and 24-hour inpatient care supported by interns living onsite. Recent feedback continues to highlight the hospital set-up, access to diagnostics, easy access on arrival, and calm, professional handling, including for urgent cases at any hour.
Services
- •Equine-only veterinary care, covering both first-opinion appointments and referral work.
- •Inpatient hospital care with 24-hour cover for hospitalised horses, with veterinary surgeon interns residing onsite; reviews also mention being able to arrive day or night and still receive prompt, caring attention.
- •A broad hospital service across multiple disciplines, including a surgical clinic and access to diagnostics that owners describe as comprehensive.
- •Reviews give practical examples of care including diagnosis and treatment for individual horses and ponies, with positive comments on professionalism, efficiency, and a low-stress experience.
- •Owners also praise the wider team experience, including vets, nurses, reception, and dispensary staff.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Ger Kelly: praised by a reviewer as “an absolute gentleman and a very good vet.”
- •Fernando: named in a positive review about diagnosis, treatment, and outcome for a pony.
- •Website information describes a large hospital team including 4 surgeons, a medicine clinician, 9 veterinary surgeon interns, 9 veterinary nurses, and additional support staff.
- •The wider O’Byrne and Halley ambulatory practice is noted as having 20 ambulatory veterinary surgeons.
Reviews
Fethard Equine Hospital has a 4.8-star Google rating from 121 reviews. Recent feedback is very positive overall.
- •Reviewers continue to praise the hospital set-up and facilities, with comments such as “fantastic set up” and “fantastic facility.”
- •Several reviews highlight knowledgeable vets and strong access to diagnostics, with one owner specifically praising the diagnosis, treatment, and outcome for their pony.
- •The overall experience is often described as professional, pleasant, kind, and stress-free, with positive mentions for vets, nurses, reception, and dispensary staff.
- •Owners also mention helpful care at any time of day or night, easy access, and one reviewer described the clinic as very reasonably priced.
