Several buildings of Galway’s many incarceratory institutions remain, but memory of their interconnections and overlapping functions are not so visible.
The next lecture in the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society's current series is entitled ‘Seen and heard from so many houses all around: Mapping Galway's Institutional Past.’
It takes place in the Harbour Hotel this Monday, November 9, at 8 pm, and the speaker is Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley.
Arguably, Galway's institutions were never hidden. Their bands played at regattas and processions, and their committals were reported in the local press.
This talk introduces Mapping Galway's Institutional Past, a new Research Ireland-funded COALESCE project based at the Institute for Creativity in the University of Galway. The project maps 19 separate - but often connected – institutions, in Galway city and county.
Dr Buckley will share early findings on the first five institutions examined – the Tuam mother and baby institution, St Joseph's Industrial School in Salthill, St Anne's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys in Lenaboy, Salythill, St Brendan's County Institution in Loughrea, and St Joseph's Industrial School for Senior Boys in Letterfrack.
Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley is Associate Professor in History at the University of Galway. She has published a number of books, including The Cruelty Man: Child Welfare, the NSPCC and the State in Ireland, and (as co-author with John Breslin ) the Old Ireland in Colour Series.
Admission to the lecture is free, but attendees should arrive early to secure a seat.
