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The Inspector of Lunatics

The Inspector of Lunatics

Posted on August 7, 2017October 28, 2017 by Patricia O Sullivan

The Inspectorate in Lunacy was legislated to oversee the asylum and its medical staff. It was set up in 1846 in Dublin Castle…

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