lunaticasylum

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Was this the "Madding Crowd"?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    What was going on at 12:35 ? The clock is in a cage!

    Spot the Differences - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320246
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Carlow District Lunatic Asylum admitted its first patient on 7 May 1832 and initially served the counties of Carlow, Kildare, Wexford and Kilkenny, and the city of Kilkenny. The Asylum District changed twice: in 1852 and 1868, asylums opened to cater for Kilkenny and Wexford patients, respectively. After 1868 then, Carlow District Lunatic Asylum catered only for Carlow and Kildare patients. From the enactment of the Local Government Act, 1925, Carlow District Lunatic Asylum became known as Carlow District Mental Hospital. It became known by its current name, St Dympna’s Hospital, in 1958.”
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is another photo from the right, also at 12:35, but no people, Perhaps the clock was not working? - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320245
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Via Delany Archive Ireland
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Exactly. What was going on here?

Doctor Atkins, District Asylum

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    We had a visit to the Waterford District Lunatic Asylum before - ... and there is Dr Ringrose Atkins in the centre (see note)
  • B-59 said:
    Atkins was Medical Superintendent. He died in 1898, aged 47 (bjp.rcpsych.org/content/44/185/453)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Red Herring - there was a relative(?) John Ringrose Atkins, born in Dublin (1851-1908) who lived in Australia and worked in the theatre as 'Dan Barry'- adb.anu.edu.au/biography/atkins-john-ringrose-2909 .
  • oaktree_brian_1976 said:
    hard to read, but he died of a perforated appendix and a kidney stone, after two days of suffering. First had symptoms while "visiting a lady". President of the YMCA and came from a family of doctors.
  • oaktree_brian_1976 said:
    Apparently you've got a copy of his obituary. sources.nli.ie/Record/PS_UR_003448

A truly institutional institution!

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  • domenico milella said:
    Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    You'd have to think prison or, as they were known back then, lunatic asylum with all the bars on the upper floor windows.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I am leaning towards a hospital. STP_0436 next door is a reverse view.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Drawing a blank at the NIAH so far, possibly gone or North of the border...
  • derangedlemur said:
    It looks like this, except it seems to have an extra floor: www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&...