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Treating the Insane

Treating the Insane

Posted on September 21, 2017September 21, 2017 by Patricia O Sullivan

Looking back at some of the treatments that were used to treat the mentally ill in Ireland can be quite shocking. Usually, there…

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Lunatics Wandering At Large

Lunatics Wandering At Large

Posted on September 9, 2017September 21, 2017 by Patricia O Sullivan

In the nineteenth century, Ireland was a country of poverty and food insecurity and respite from the daily struggles of life and the…

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Gleann na nGealt

Gleann na nGealt

Posted on August 5, 2017September 21, 2017 by Patricia O Sullivan

Story on the way which focuses on the involved myths and folk cures in relation to Gleann na nGealth, the valley of the…

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