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.
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Grangegorman Histories is a public history programme of research and shared discovery of the Grangegorman site and surrounding communities.
News and Events
30 August 2022
As 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 Dublin Lower House at Grangegorman in Dublin’s north inner city.
24 August 2022
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 200+ years.
Explore Grangegorman's Histories
Explore Grangegorman’s Histories with a series of short introductory articles uncovering the histories of Grangegorman. The series is designed to invite interest and further exploration of these topics. Each essay will include details of the sources used in researching the piece, and these will serve as resources for further discovery.
24 May 2022
Explore Grangegorman’s Histories with a series of short introductory articles uncovering the histories of Grangegorman.
13 June 2022
Raymond 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 landscape that was Grangegorman from 1400 to the 1700s, before the institutions.
Grangegorman Lives
Series sharing the biographies of over 60 men and women from all walks of life whose lives influenced or were influenced by Grangegorman. The biographies are all sourced from Ireland’s Dictionary of Irish Biography: Ireland’s national biographical dictionary.
16 March 2022
The next instalment in our Grangegorman Lives series is Dr Noel Browne (1915-1997) physician and politician remembered for his role as Minister for Health in the eradication of TB and his controversial proposal of the ‘Mother and Baby Scheme’.
08 February 2022
The next addition to our Grangegorman Lives series is Dr Conolly Norman (1853-1908), psychiatrist and RMS, Richmond District Lunatic Asylum (1886-1908).
26 November 2021
Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Ethel Rhind (1877-1952), mosaic and stained-glass artist.
29 September 2021
From the RTÉ Archives, this RTÉ Radio One Documentary ‘A Place in the Community’ is a special feature in the Grangegorman Lives series.
26 July 2021
Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Basil William Maturin (1847-1915), catholic priest and writer, who died on board the Lusitania.
10 June 2021
The next pairing in our Grangegorman Lives series demonstrate how very different lives can intersect and impact one another. The lives of Margaret Louisa Aylward and Thomas Lambert Synnott, both born in 1810, intersect in Grangegorman in 1860-1.
Information about the project
Foundation document
View the foundation below, or you can read it online here or download the document as a PDF
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Contact
For more information contact Grangegorman Development Agency, 4th Floor, Park House, 191 North Circular Road, Dublin 7 D07 EWV4.