The development of occupational therapy in St. Finan’s Psychiatric Hospital, Killarney, Co. Kerry (1932-1939)

This study developed from a larger research project in the Clinical Therapies Department in the University of Limerick. The research project aims to document the Irish history of occupational therapy. In this study the researcher focused on the development of occupational therapy in St.Finan’s Psychiatric Hospital. The closure of St.Finan’s Psychiatric Hospital in 2012 and the release of its documentation to Kerry library archives provided this study with primary sources of data.