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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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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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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Jennie Wyse Power (1858-1941), Governor of the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum.
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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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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 Patrick Thomas Daly, born on this day (2 December) in 1870, trade unionist and republican.
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In this commissioned text, Maggie Armstrong introduces TU Dublin staff and students to the 'chequered' past of their new campus in Grangegorman.
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If you missed our first Research Open Day, you can watch it back now
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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 2021.
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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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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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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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Next up in our series of Grangegorman lives is Richard Carmichael, surgeon, teacher and medical reformer.
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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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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Basil William Maturin (1847-1915), catholic priest and writer, who died on board the Lusitania.
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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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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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Explore Grangegorman’s Histories with a series of short introductory articles uncovering the histories of Grangegorman.
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Colm Murray has been selected as PhD recipient
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Watch the webinar, presented by Grangegorman Histories.
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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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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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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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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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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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