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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 explored current practices in Ireland and internationally regarding the access to and use of such sensitive records.
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Join us on 4 October to learn more about our research projects, library and publications
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Watch the webinar, presented by Grangegorman Histories.
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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Jennie Wyse Power (1858-1941), Governor of the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum.
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Grangegorman Histories celebrated Culture Night 2021 with the launch of ‘Timepiece’, a podcast exploring the history of the turret clock in Grangegorman.
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Grangegorman Histories was saddened to hear of the death of Dr Ivor Browne, who was the Chief Medical Superintendent at St Brendan’s Hospital, Grangegorman for three decades from 1966.
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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 Dublin, announces the launch of the Grangegorman Histories Foundation Document and website www.grangegormanhistories.ie
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' 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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Our series Grangegorman lives begins with Francis Johnston, architect of a number of well-known buildings including the original ' Richmond Lunatic Asylum'
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Join us on 3 June for a series of free talks and walking tours of the site.
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This pre-recorded, online discussion explored the evolution of language and terminology associated with mental illness.
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The public call, which invited proposals for projects to explore and share any element of the history of Grangegorman contributes to the important work of uncovering, cataloguing and commemorating the eventful history of the Grangegorman site and surrounding areas.
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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 describes our purpose and details some of the events and activities that will take place over the lifetime of the...
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‘Instituting Grangegorman’ is the second in the Grangegorman Histories podcast series exploring the histories of the Grangegorman area of north, inner-city Dublin.
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Our series Grangegorman lives continues with Billy in the Bowl a notorious beggar and robber who lived on the Northside of Dublin.
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An additional listing of resources resulting from new research conducted by Dr Grace O’Keeffe to assist anyone interested in learning more about the Grangegorman area.
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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Ethel Rhind (1877-1952), mosaic and stained-glass artist.
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Watch back the recording of the seminar hosted by Grangegorman Histories, during the Dublin Festival of History.
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A new Grangegorman Histories Sub-Committee has been established to investigate the practicalities required to undertake an oral history project at Grangegorman.
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If you missed our first Research Open Day, you can watch it back now
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Our new series will explore the lives of people who lived, worked, visited, travelled to and through Grangegorman.
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We invite applications for funding to support projects exploring and sharing any element of the history of Grangegorman
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The next addition to our Grangegorman Lives series is Dr Conolly Norman (1853-1908), psychiatrist and RMS, Richmond District Lunatic Asylum (1886-1908).
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The next addition to our Grangegorman Lives series is Patrick O'Daly, soldier and counter-intelligence officer.
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Thousands of additional students and staff from the Technological University of Dublin (TU Dublin) will move to Grangegorman in 2020 and an ‘Induction Pack’ will be available in order to help them settle-in.
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