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Revealing Grangegorman – 70 metre artwork inspired by the site’s history begins installation

A 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…

Explore Grangegorman’s Histories

Explore Grangegorman’s Histories with a series of short introductory articles uncovering the histories of Grangegorman.

Watch back the TU Dublin ‘Stages of Memory’ online series of talks

In April and May 2022, TU Dublin Conservatoire presented three Thursday talks by leading experts in the histories of Grangegorman. ‘Stages of Memory’ is supported…

Grangegorman Histories: historical language and terminology and the history of mental illness

This pre-recorded, online discussion explored the evolution of language and terminology associated with mental illness.

Grangegorman Histories: Timepiece podcast

Grangegorman Histories celebrated Culture Night 2021 with the launch of ‘Timepiece’, a podcast exploring the history of the turret clock in Grangegorman.

Grangegorman Histories: Interview with Ivor Browne

Watch a recent interview with Ivor Browne, originally presented as part of a special online screening of ‘Meetings with Ivor’ at the Virtual Stonetbatter Festival…

‘Change Minds’ Archives, Art and Mental Health

Watch the webinar, presented by Grangegorman Histories.

Institutional experience of the “Spanish” flu and COVID-19 in Ireland

Grangegorman Histories presented a fascinating discussion on institutional experiences of pandemics with Catriona Crowe, MRIA. Dr Cillian de Gascun, Dr Ida Milne, Professor Luke O’Neill,…

Uncovering Grangegorman Histories for Culture Night 2020

Listen to the little-known story of the recovery and restoration of the records from the hospitals associated with the Grangegorman site. These records document the…

Welcome from the Grangegorman Histories working group chair

Grangegorman Histories is a public history project to assist the discovery, recording and commemoration of the eventful history of the Grangegorman area. The Foundation Document…

Launch of Grangegorman Histories

Grangegorman Histories, a public history project of Dublin City Council, Grangegorman Development Agency, Health Service Executive, Local Communities, National Archives, Royal Irish Academy and TU…

Report on historical mental health records seminar 16 May 2019

In May 2019, the Royal Irish Academy hosted a ground-breaking seminar on ‘Historical mental health records: the ethics of access and preservation policies’. This event…