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The water towers were an important part of the infrastructure of the campus, as they provided the water supply for bathing, laundry and cooking for the whole institution. These are built in sandstone, and were designed by the architect of the site, John McCurdy, who was based in

Oral history | Buildings and locations

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Object World Within Walls collection: Watertowers at St. Davnet’s in Monaghan towncover

Image of a clock-in point on Ward 15. These points were at the end of the wards and the nurses turned a key in them when doing their rounds. In this way, they could be tracked around the hospital and the RMS could be sure that they were completing rounds. This image is from th

Oral history | Buildings and locations

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Object World Within Walls collection: Image of clock-in point on Ward 15cover

Ward 3 was one of the wards in the main building which was known as the body of the house. Patients were separated by gender with male patients and staff living and working in a different side of the buildings to the female patients and staff. These images are from the World W

Oral history | Buildings and locations

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Object World Within Walls collection: Ward 3 at St. Davnet’s in Monaghan towncover

Image from a series that was found in a bundle of photographs in the St. Davnet’s in Monaghan town. There is no date or photographer's name on the images but it is belived that they date from approximately the 1970s. The World Within Walls collection is archived at the Irish Q

Oral history | Buildings and locations

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Object World Within Walls image collection: Inside St. Davnet's image number 8cover

This is the original asylum building of St. Davnet’s in Monaghan town which opened in 1869. It was then known as the Cavan and Monaghan Lunatic Asylum. The first patients admitted to the asylum came from Armagh asylum which was at that time very over crowded. Designed by Dublin-b

Oral history | Buildings and locations

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Object World Within Walls image collection: Black and white image of main buildingcover

Image of a window in the main building of St. Davnet’s in Monaghan town. This is the original asylum building which opened in 1869. It was then known as the Cavan and Monaghan Lunatic Asylum. The first patients admitted to the asylum came from Armagh asylum which was at that time

Oral history | Buildings and locations

Object type is image   Image
Object World Within Walls image collection: Image of window in the main buildingcover

Image from a series that was found in a bundle of photographs in the St. Davnet’s in Monaghan town. There is no date or photographer's name on the images but it is belived that they date from approximately the 1970s. The World Within Walls collection is archived at the Irish Q

Oral history | Buildings and locations

Object type is image   Image
Object World Within Walls image collection: Inside St. Davnet's image number 12cover

This is the original asylum building of St. Davnet’s in Monaghan town which opened in 1869. It was then known as the Cavan and Monaghan Lunatic Asylum. The first patients admitted to the asylum came from Armagh asylum which was at that time very over crowded. Designed by Dublin-b

Oral history | Buildings and locations

Object type is image   Image
Object World Within Walls image collection: Black and white image of main buildingcover

Image from a series that was found in a bundle of photographs in the St. Davnet’s in Monaghan town. There is no date or photographer's name on the images but it is belived that they date from approximately the 1970s. The World Within Walls collection is archived at the Irish Q

Oral history | Buildings and locations

Object type is image   Image
Object World Within Walls image collection: Inside St. Davnet's image number 13cover