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‘….All the most approved modern arrangements': Building for mental health care at Monaghan, 1886-1950s
Date
2015
Abstract
This essay considers the building of St. Davnet's Hospital in Monaghan town, which was opened in 1869 as the Cavan and Monaghan District Lunatic Asylum. Based on extensive primary research from the records on site, this essay explores the history of this building within the context of institutional architecture in Ireland, across the British Empire, and the fate of the asylums within the Irish Free State.
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Stair: An Irish Public History Company Ltd.
Citation
World Within Walls: From Asylum to Contemporary Mental Health Services (Monaghan 2015) A. Mac Lellan, F. Byrne and N. NicGhabhann (eds.);chapter 6, pp. 159-173
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Health Research Board (HRB)