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Grangegorman
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Yemen
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sound
exhibitions
  metallic sunrise
  moonscapes
and ebb tide
     
             
     
 

St Brendan's Mental Hospital, Grangegorman has a long history in serving the
people of Dublin since the establishment of the Houses of Industry for the poor in the 1770's. Throughout the 19th century the site evolved and grew to become a large regional mental hospital occupying over 30 hectares of land. At its peak the hospital served over 2000 patients. In the 20th century changes in care of the mentally ill created a movement away from large institutions, to the situation today,  when there are less than 100 patients on-site.

The proposed development of the 73-acre site would provide a new home for the Dublin Institute of Technology, relocated from various locations scattered across the city. According to the proposal, health elements would remain on the site and also facilities for nearby residents , but most of the site would be given over to the DIT campus. The remaining patients would be relocated to other institutions or into Care in the Community projects.

  Photographs~ Grangegorman
  An ongoing project on the disused  section of
  St Brendan's  Mental Hospital, GrangeGorman,   Dublin