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Nutt's Corner - is up the North

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes, where the airport was.
  • Foxglove said:
    Yes the more northerly Mutts started as an USAF base .... and a dog kennel
  • Suck Diesel said:
    St. Brigid’s Hospital
    “The Connaught District Lunatic Asylum at Ballinasloe, which opened its doors in November 1833, initially served counties Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim, and was established under the Lunacy (Ireland) Act of 1821. It was one of 22 such institutions built between 1810 and 1870. The architect was William Murray, whose design was influenced by the panopticon concept devised by the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham. The principle behind this layout was to enable the manager and his staff to occupy a central structure with radiating wings from which they could monitor and administer life within the institution. This arrangement allowed the wings to be viewed from the centre, while access was only possible from one wing to the others by passing through the centre.”

    Isn’t that the same design used in many prisons, which of course this also was?

    Why were there so many of these places back then, and so few today?
    Were they really prisons for the unwanted?

    Creepy.


    More info here

    www.ballinasloe.ie/news/st-brigids-hospital-a-history
  • Suck Diesel said:
    You can enter, but cannot leave

    maps.app.goo.gl/s35px1tQPFU4wR8t9?g_st=ic
  • Suck Diesel said:


    Explore, if you dare

    www.bcd-urbex.com/st-brigids-asylum-ballinasloe-ireland/

Fair Green, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 14 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I think it's Béal Átha (mouth of the ford) rather than Baile Na (town of the), so Mouth of the Ford of Crowds.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    I'll bow to your greater knowledge on the subject:-) In my native place the Fairgreen which was still used up to the late '50's was also the place of public execution. It was contiguous to both the courts and the prison which probably helped!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I see 3 churches, the town hall and a school which are in the NIAH - but all are older than 1865, no help on dates.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Aha, I think this is at the early end of the date range. We should see the gable of this building, the former Sisters of Mercy convent, behind the left end of the town hall, and we don't, we see a different building. The NIAH dates it to roughly 1860, but gives a wide range, meaning they aren't very sure.

Main Street, looking towards Dunloe Street, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 23 older comments, and then…
  • Robert Riddell said:
    The foreground is actually Main Street with Dunlo Street in the distance.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Robert Riddell thank you.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Medical Hall is still there, the Irish House on corner replaced by AIB, could be dated goo.gl/maps/sji3eN5RoqtBnfXU8
  • beachcomber australia said:
    We have visited before, but after - Edit - Ooops! Different corner ... to the right of today's.
  • George FitzPatrick said:
    Reverse view in CAB 8297 there is in view a cycle shop with a Pratt's Motor Spirit sign. So early motoring 1900-1905.