{"id":3936,"date":"2025-01-23T16:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/national-archives.go-vip.net\/?page_id=3936"},"modified":"2025-06-19T13:38:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:38:31","slug":"grangegorman-histories-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/engage-and-learn\/collaborations-landing-page\/grangegorman-histories-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Grangegorman Histories Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section id=\"block-block_b859a88180313b926f3ccd0737c2136e\" class=\"landing-page-header-block title-width-default block-color-gold block-row-02-type-share block-row-02-share-position-bottom\" data-style=\"style-11\">    \n\n\t<div class=\"header row1-media\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"translation-notice\">\n        <div class=\"inner container\">\n            <p><strong>Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n ar f\u00e1il go luath<\/strong><\/p>\n            <p>\u00c1r leithsc\u00e9al as an m\u00edchaoithi\u00falacht. Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n Gaeilge ar an leathanach seo ar f\u00e1il go luath. Go raibh maith agat as do chuid foighneachta agus muid ag obair ar leagan uasd\u00e1taithe.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-0\">Grangegorman Histories Project<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='media-wrap'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Grangegormanhistories.png?w=445\" class=\"mobile\" alt=\"\" data-js=\"img-loader\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Grangegormanhistories.png 445w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Grangegormanhistories.png?resize=300,208 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text h3\"><p>The Grangegorman Histories Project is a public history programme of research and shared discovery of the Grangegorman site and surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"share-button pulse fade-in\" data-js=\"share-button\">SHARE<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- mobile -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='media-wrap'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Grangegormanhistories.png?w=445\" class=\"mobile\" alt=\"\" data-js=\"img-loader\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Grangegormanhistories.png 445w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Grangegormanhistories.png?resize=300,208 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t<span class=\"notification-top\" data-js=\"share-copied\">URL copied to clipboard<\/span>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-block_522f2c9120cfdb290bd39cf96b9ef48c\" class=\"content-tile-block nai-block margin-top-small margin-bottom-default image_right text-regular text-black bg-white no-border-top smaller-heading\" data-layout=\"layout-1-2\">        \n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image\" data-image=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content cms-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Background to the Grangegorman Histories Project<\/h2>\n<p>Grangegorman Hospital was founded as the Richmond Lunatic Asylum in 1814 and it became the largest and most important psychiatric hospital in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>In 1830, it became part of the district asylum system, serving the city and county of Dublin, and was renamed the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum. Its service area included Dublin city and county, Wicklow, Louth, Meath, and the town of Drogheda.<\/p>\n<p>In 1855, Meath was removed from its service area, and Louth followed in 1930. In 1918, the term &#8220;lunatic&#8221; was dropped from its name, becoming the Richmond District Asylum.<br \/>\nIn 1921, the institution was renamed Grangegorman Mental Hospital to avoid confusion with the nearby Richmond Hospital. This name remained until June 1960, when the Grangegorman Hospital Board was disbanded, and the institution was renamed St. Brendan\u2019s Mental Hospital.<\/p>\n<h2>\nConserving the collection<\/h2>\n<p>Today, its archives are the most voluminous collection of hospital archives known in Ireland.<br \/>\nThe National Archives undertook significant work to the material relating to this collection as part of a two-year project. Funded by grants from the Wellcome Trust, a project team carried out archival and conservation processing of this extensive collection. The work was completed in September 2014, marking a successful effort to preserve the historical records of Grangegorman Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Our participation with the Grangegorman Histories Project facilitates access to these invaluable documents, enriching the project\u2019s research and findings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find out more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ria.ie\/research-programmes\/grangegorman-histories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grangegorman Histories &#8211; Royal Irish Academy<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"primary-button color-default size-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/engage-and-learn\/\" target=\"\">Engage and learn<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M8.13743 5.21478C7.812 4.88934 7.28436 4.88934 6.95892 5.21478C6.63348 5.54022 6.63348 6.06786 6.95892 6.39329L11.3697 10.804L6.95892 15.2148C6.63348 15.5402 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