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Author 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 psychological trauma resulting from their experiences of the First World...
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Earlier this week, we learned the very sad news of the sudden death of our Grangegorman Development Agency friend and colleague, James Rooney.
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If you missed our recent lecture by Dr Mary Muldowney and Dr Declan O'Brien, you can now listen back to the recording.
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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’.
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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Fleetwood Churchill (1808 – 1878), the Nottingham-born obstetrician and medical writer.
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Dr Philip Cohen, Chair of the Grangegorman Histories Expert Working Group spoke with Luke Stedmon on the 'Good Morning Dublin’ Show.
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In 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.
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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Eleonora Lilian Fleury (1867 – 1960), Manchester native and medical doctor.
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The next addition to our Grangegorman Lives series is Dr Joseph Lalor (1811-1886), psychiatrist and Resident Medical Superintendent at the Richmond Asylum (1857-1886).
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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 by Grangegorman Histories.
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The next addition to our Grangegorman Lives series is Sir William Stokes, a surgeon born to the pioneering cardiologist William Stokes.
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The launch of the Grangegorman Histories website and foundation document is a focal point of the Grangegorman Development Agency's (GDA) Summer Newsletter.
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Paul Rouse is a professor in the School of History at University College Dublin. He has written extensively on the history of Irish sport and the global history of sport. In this essay, Paul uncovers the origin and impact of sporting activities at the mental...
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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.
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Professor Brendan Kelly's book was officially launched by Dr Stephanie O'Keefe (HSE) and Niall Breslin earlier this week in the Lower House in Grangegorman
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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 history of the unusual landscape that was Grangegorman from 1400 to the 1700s, before the institutions.
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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with James Celestine Carr, a prominent radiologist.
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A project designed to ensure that the history of the site is not forgotten, says History Ireland in it's latest issue (September/October 2020).
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A new Project Manager role has arisen within the HSE.
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This pairing in our Grangegorman Lives series demonstrate how different lives can intersect and impact one another. The lives of Thomas Lambert Synnott and Margaret Louisa Aylward, both born in 1810, intersect in Grangegorman in 1860-1.
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Asylum: Inside Grangegorman author Brendan Kelly appeared on yesterday's RTÉ Radio 1 show Today with Claire Byrne .
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Explore Grangegorman’s Histories with a series of short introductory articles uncovering the histories of Grangegorman.
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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Sir Robert Henry Woods (1865 - 1938), a surgeon and later an MP.
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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 lives of the people and the practices employed there from 1814 onwards.
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Joan Kavanagh, author and historian, has documented the experiences of women and girls transported from Ireland to the Australian colonies during the 19th Century. Here, Joan discovers the history of the Clock Tower Building, originally constructed as a penitentiary and later the Grangegorman Transportation Depot.
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