Walls of containment : the architecture and landscapes of lunacy / by Patrick Quinlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinlan, Patrick (Architect), author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatric hospitals--Ireland--History.

Psychiatric hospitals.

Hospital architecture--Ireland.

Hospital architecture.

Psychiatric hospitals--Landscape architecture--Ireland.

Psychiatric hospitals--Landscape architecture.

History.

Ireland.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2021.

Summary:

Ireland was not unique in creating and perpetuating an institutional response to insanity, but did enjoy the dubious distinction of having, by 1950s, the world's highest number of psychiatric beds per capita. Social and medical historians have posited various theories for this, but to date none have examined the spaces and landscapes created to facilitate this spectacular expansion in institutional provision. The research on which this book is based reveals the meaning and significance of the architectural and landscape legacy from the inception of the asylum system to its extinction, in the context of an evolving political, social, medical and economic climate. The research reveals a rich typology - from the earliest structures which embodied Enlightenment theories and pioneering approaches to treatment within their very fabric, through impressive architectural set-pieces designed by the leading architects of the era, to enormous receptacles of the hopeless which demonstrated technical ingenuity in addressing the challenges of accommodating historically unprecedented numbers of people in a single building. Most were set within designed landscapes which attest to the original curative aspirations of the institution.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Lunatic at Large, ante-1814

2. Designing for Moral Management, 1815

1835

3. Architectural Ambitions, 1835

1855

4. Demise of Innocence, 1855

1885

5. A Definition of Insanity, 1885

1922

6. New Name, New Nation, Old Problems, 1922

1945

7. Continuous Progress, Intermittently, 1945

1980

8. Inertia of Mind and Matter, 1980

2006

9. A Vision for Change? 2006 and after

10. Conclusion

CASE STUDIES

1. St Brendan's Hospital, Grangegorman

2. St Luke's Hospital, Armagh

3. St Joseph's Hospital, Limerick

4. Belfast District Lunatic Asylum

5. Londonderry District Lunatic Asylum

6. St Dympna's Hospital, Carlow

7. St Brigid's Hospital, Ballinasloe

8. St Fintan's Hospital, Portlaoise

9. St Otteran's Hospital, Waterford

10. St Luke's Hospital, Clonmel

11. Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum

12. St Canice's Hospital, Kilkenny

13. Our Lady's Hospital, Cork

14. St Finan's Hospital, Killarney

15. Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital, Omagh

16. St Columba's Hospital, Sligo

17. St Loman's Hospital, Mullingar

18. St Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny

19. St Mary's Hospital, Castlebar

20. Our Lady's Hospital, Ennis

21. St Senan's Hospital, Enniscorthy

22. Downshire Hospital, Downpatrick

23. St Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan

24. Holywell Hospital, Antrim

25. St Ita's Hospital, Portrane

26. Purdysburn Hospital, Belfast

27. St Brigid's Hospital, Ardee

28. St Patrick's Hospital, Castlerea

29. Gransha Hospital, Derry/Londonderry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-285) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1910820741

9781910820742

OCLC:

1241163766