This collection of images shows items related to bathing and laundry at the hospital. Use arrow keys to scroll through images. The laundry was constructed in the 1860s. Female patients and staff worked in the laundry, washing, drying and ironing bed linen and clothing for the la
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Monaghan Mental Hospital had its own fire brigade, with a fire cart and helmets, marked clearly with the letters ‘MMH’. Images courtesy of Monaghan County Museum and by Fiona Byrne. These images are from the World Within Walls collection which is archived at the Irish Qualitat
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This selection of images shows medical objects from St. Davnet’s in Monaghan town including the electro convulsive therepy machine Electron Mark Three and a urine sampler. Electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, was among the physical treatments that began to be used in Monaghan in th
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Religion was rarely mentioned in the minute books of the hospital but the denomination of the patients was carefully recorded in the registers. Mentions of religion in the hospital minute books centre around provision: the building of the churches, noting the number of inmates a
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Images of objects belonging to the fire brigade (use arrow keys to scroll through images). Monaghan Mental Hospital had its own fire brigade, with a fire cart and helmets, marked clearly with the letters ‘MMH’. Images courtesy of Monaghan County Museum and by Fiona Byrne. Thes
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The whistle was part of the staff uniform in the early part of the twentieth century. According to the oral histories collected as part of the ‘World Within Walls’ project, the whistles were blown when a staff member needed help, or when a patient had escaped and needed to be ret
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In the early years of the asylum, dinner usually consisted of soup and potatoes, and was adjudged fairly good by the inspectors. At that time patients ate from tin bowls using bone spoons. By 1894, the rules for the asylum staff include the collection and counting of knives, fork
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This selection of images shows some of the locks and keys used at the asylum. The hospital was divided into male and female sides. Keys were gendered so that female keys only opened doors on the female side and visa-versa. Images courtesy of Monaghan County Museum. These image
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This selection of images shows the reception bell from St. Davnet’s in Monaghan town. Use arrow keys to scroll through images. Images Monaghan County Musuem and Fiona Byrne. The World Within Walls collection is archived at the Irish Qualitative Data Archive (see Related Materi
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