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Schools engagement programme 2022
Tuesday, 20 December 2022In the spring of 2022, Grangegorman Histories engaged with the Dublin 7 Educate Together National School and St Mary’s Primary School to explore different historical themes associated with Grangegorman.

Grangegorman and the treatment of soldiers' trauma
Thursday, 10 November 2022Author Eamon Delaney leads the ‘The Lion and the Shamrock’ project which shares some of the legacy of military history of the north Dublin area, including Grangegorman. Here Eamon explores the treatment of soldiers with...

Academy inaugural Research Open Day
Tuesday, 18 October 2022If you missed our first Research Open Day, you can watch it back now

'Instituting Grangegorman' podcast launches for Dublin Festival of History 2022
Monday, 10 October 2022‘Instituting Grangegorman’ is the second in the Grangegorman Histories podcast series exploring the histories of the Grangegorman area of north, inner-city Dublin.

Grangegorman Histories: Resources for further study
Thursday, 29 September 2022'Grangegorman Histories: Resources for further study' is a collation of primary and secondary resources relating to the histories of Grangegorman to assist anyone interested in learning more about this area.

Academy Research Open Day
Monday, 5 September 2022Join us on 4 October to learn more about our research projects, library and publications

Grangegorman Histories: Dublin Festival of History podcast launch
Tuesday, 30 August 2022As part of the Dublin Festival of History, Grangegorman Histories will launch ‘Instituting Grangegorman’ a podcast sharing the history of the original Richmond Lunatic Asylum building, now the recently restored TU...

Revealing Grangegorman – 70 metre artwork inspired by the site’s history begins installation
Wednesday, 24 August 2022A 70 metre long artwork is currently being hand painted in Grangegorman to represent details of the stories of patients and staff throughout the site's 200+ years.

Explore Grangegorman before the institutions
Monday, 13 June 2022Raymond Gillespie, MRIA is Professor of History at Maynooth University. His main research interest is social change in early modern Ireland. In this article, Professor Gillespie shares the the history of the unusual...

Explore Grangegorman's Histories
Tuesday, 24 May 2022Explore Grangegorman’s Histories with a series of short introductory articles uncovering the histories of Grangegorman.