Walking tours of the Grangegorman hospital site
Multiple dates and times
TU Dublin, Grangegorman Campus, Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7, D07 H6K8
Description
Grangegorman Histories is offering guided walking tours of the historic site of St Brendan’s Hospital at 1pm and 3pm on Saturday 11th May. Walking tours begin at the Broadstone Luas stop.
This tour will complement the session by Lianne O’Hara and Brendan Kelly in Doyle’s Corner at 5pm on the same day. Poet Lianne O’Hara will read from a series of new poems commissioned by Grangegorman Histories, exploring the lives and experiences of patients and staff at St Brendans Psychiatric Hospital. Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry, TCD, will give a brief overview of the history of Grangegorman and read from his book Asylum: Inside Grangegorman. This event can be booked separately through the Phizzfest website.
Grangegorman Histories
Grangegorman Histories is a public history programme of Dublin City Council, Grangegorman Development Agency, the Health Service Executive, local communities, the National Archives, the Royal Irish Academy and TU Dublin. The programme provides opportunities to contribute to the important work of uncovering, cataloguing and commemorating the eventful history of the Grangegorman area. In the past 250 years, Grangegorman, on the northside of Dublin’s city centre, has been the site of a workhouse, a large psychiatric hospital, a prison; now, it is integrating back into the city as a health and education campus for the HSE, TU Dublin and the local community.
Access requirements
Have you got any access requirements that we can assist you with, so that you can fully engage with our event? Please let us know by contacting our access officer, in advance of the event, by email at accessofficer@ria.ie
Image: An aerial view (from east to west) of the Grangegorman site in the 1950s.
Location
TU Dublin, Grangegorman Campus, Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7, D07 H6K8