psychward

3 photos tagged psychward, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1870

2009

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beachcomber australia said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons - "... with boys sprinkled like raisins in a currant bun ..." A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle. Oscar Wilde
O Mac said:
Opened in 1865, 'Enniscorthy District Lunatic Asylum for the Insane and Poor of Mind' otherwise was known as St Senan's psychiatric hospital www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&... There are too many trees to get a clear Streetview www.google.ie/maps/@52.4874776,-6.5656767,3a,50.8y,53.78h... The photograph was taken from the bank of the River Slaney looking East. maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,697254,638429,10,9 The saplings look to be about 3-5 years old and if planted when building completed would date picture late 1860's
Vab2009 said:
More about it here www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/st-...
Vab2009 said:
I was going to say these designs almost seemed to have bought off the peg. The Downshire Hospital in Downpatrick is an equally majestic building, and screened by trees like this one.
O Mac said:
W.L and Co. was there a few years later. The same trees are well on. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000326204

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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&...