Audio clip from the World Within Walls collection which is archived at the Irish Qualitative Data Archive, and relates to the histories and memories of the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town (see Related Materials). The clips in this section describe work that was carried out o
Oral history | Qualitative interview clips | Work on the grounds
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Full-length text transcript of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. Interview with an former nurse at the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town. The interviewee describes their work at the hopsital and how they found it a difficult place to be. The int
Nurses | Nursing education | Labour (resource)
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Full-length text transcript of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. Interview with an ex-service user of the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town. The interviewee describes their experience at the hosiptal, and discusses admission, treatments and inte
Patient | Treatment
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This interview was conducted in the 1980s with a married couple who worked at the hospital in the 1930s. Since the interview was conducted they have passed away. In the interview they talk about the rationing of food, the living conditions, their interactions with patients and ab
Labour (resource) | Families
Video interview with the son of the gatekeeper at St. Davnet's Campus. He speaks about his childhood memories of the hospital. He remember patients arriving in the middle of the night, playing handball on the grounds and the patients that he was friendly with. Interview conducted
Labour (resource) | Families
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Full-length text transcript of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. Interview with two local people about the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town. These interviewees talk about their interactions with the campus and how it was viewed by those on the
Local history | Childhood | Psychiatric hospitals
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Audio recording of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. This interview was conducted in the 1980s with a married couple who worked at the hospital in the 1930s. Since the interview was conducted they have passed away. In the interview they talk about
Labour (resource) | Families
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Full-length audio recording of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. Interview with a former charge nurse (male) from the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town. Speaks about the night of the moon landing, first impressions of the hospital, the farm, p
Nurses | Regulations | Inspectors
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Full-length audio recording of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. Interview with a nurse (male) from the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town. Interviewee is very interested in history of the site and talks about the gate lodge, work on the wards, k
Labour (resource) | Nurses | Families
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Full-length audio recording of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. Interview with a former nurse (male) that worked in the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town during the 1970s. He speaks about services for learning disability service users, patient
Nurses | Learning disabilities | Life styles
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Full-length audio recording of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. Interview with a former nurse (female) of the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town, who has family connections to hospital. Speaks about her mother and father's work in the hospital,
ECT | Agriculture | Nurses
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Full-length audio recording of an oral history interview from the World Within Walls collection. Interview with a former nurse (male) of the St. Davnet’s Campus in Monaghan town. Speaks about changes to community care, the setting up of the first community hostel at St. Davnet’s
Nurses | Care in the community | Social life
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