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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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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Jennie Wyse Power (1858-1941), Governor of the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum.
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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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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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Our new series will explore the lives of people who lived, worked, visited, travelled to and through Grangegorman.
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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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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Eleonora Lilian Fleury (1867 – 1960), Manchester native and medical doctor.
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Next up in our series of Grangegorman lives is Richard Carmichael, surgeon, teacher and medical reformer.
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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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The next addition to our Grangegorman Lives series is Patrick O'Daly, soldier and counter-intelligence officer.
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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 Fleetwood Churchill (1808 – 1878), the Nottingham-born obstetrician and medical writer.
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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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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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From the RTÉ Archives, this RTÉ Radio One Documentary ‘A Place in the Community’ is a special feature in the Grangegorman Lives series.
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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with James Celestine Carr, a prominent radiologist.
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Our Grangegorman Lives series continues with Ethel Rhind (1877-1952), mosaic and stained-glass artist.
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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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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 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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