ID22054
CollectionSt Dympna's Psychiatric Hospital, Carlow
Collection DescriptionCarlow District Lunatic Asylum admitted its first patient on 7 May 1832 and initially served the counties of Carlow, Kildare, Wexford and Kilkenny, and the city of Kilkenny. The Asylum District changed twice: in 1852 and 1868, asylums opened to cater for Kilkenny and Wexford patients, respectively. After 1868 then, Carlow District Lunatic Asylum catered only for Carlow and Kildare patients. From the enactment of the Local Government Act, 1925, Carlow District Lunatic Asylum became known as Carlow District Mental Hospital. It became known by its current name, St Dympna’s Hospital, in 1958. Records are arranged in sixteen thematic sections: Minute books (1832-1912); Patient registers (1832-[1980]); Reports and publications (1844- [2001]); Maps and drawings [c 1870-1900]; Finance (1891-1971); Employees (1892-1948); Male case book (1906-1915); Media ([1909]-1994); Miscellaneous (1911-[1980]); Provisions and stock records (1939-1982); County Manager’s Orders (1942-1960); Legislation (1945); Diet (1947-1975); Farm (1961-1976); Photograph (1971). (delanyarchives.ie)delanyarchive.ie)
Collection Web Addresshttps://www.delanyarchive.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/StDympnasHospitalCLD.pdf
ReferenceIE DA SDH
Description

Letterbook of the Board of Governors:

15 December 1892-3 April 1922

17 September 1892-20 November 1923

September 1902-August 1914

28 October 1910-1915

26 May 1915-January 1919

4 March 1926-10 September 1927

5 October 1929-3 January 1933

25 January 1933-13 August 1936

AccessRestricted.
Date1892-1936
Century19th, 20th
Keywords
Note

Access applications are administered by the Delany Archive and are subject to the approval of the Health Service Executive (HSE). In general, the following access conditions are in place: records regarding individual patients shall be available 100 years after date of admission; County Manager’s Orders and personnel records shall be available 50 years after date of creation; and administration records shall be available 30 years after date of creation. Queries relating to more recent records should be addressed directly to St Dympna’s Hospital. (delanyarchive.ie)

[Original Directory] The material in this repository was uncatalogued. Staff of the Women's 
History Project constructed an outline list. It must be remembered that due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually.
 

Repository NameSt Dympna's Hospital, Carlow
AddressDelany Archive Trust Carlow College St Patrick’s College Street Carlow
Eircode R93 A003
Telephone(059) 915-3200
Email Addressinfo@delanyarchive.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://www.delanyarchive.ie/
CommentThe material in this repository was uncatalogued. Staff of the Women's History Project constructed an outline list. Due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. The records of St Dympna's Hospital were deposited in The Delany Archive in 2014.
latitude52.83763
longitude-6.92704