Jack you are correct about the height of the wall. similar walls surrounded the hospital grounds. As you mentioned dances, there is (was?) a fine dance hall within the hospital, I think I was only there once in the late 1960s something to do with the Red Cross perhaps a fund raiser. The hall was big with a very fine timber floor. I don't know how many patients are there now but the building and grounds all have a pleasent aspect and seem to be kept in good order. PP On 15 June 2010 15:19, <JackLangton@aol.com> wrote: > I remember in the 90's, on my visits to Ireland, we  would walk through the > grounds from the Dublin Road on a Tuesday night to get to  the dance in the > hotel. It never bothered us that it was pitch black along that  path, we > would come back the same way, late as it was.  To the left of the  path was a > huge wall, probably the height of the wall that Carloman2 refers  to. A few > years later I visited at the hospital, finding it light and airy, with  the > patients seeming to be well taken care of. > >    Jack Langton > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com  with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I think the dance hall was in reality the dining hall which was used for a number of functions including the nurses annual dinner-dance. It was looked forward to with eagerness by the dancing fraternity with music provided by the likes of Mick Delahunty, Maurice Mulcahy, etc., etc. J. J. On 16 June 2010 05:45, CARLOMAN2 <carloman2@eircom.net> wrote: > Jack you are correct about the height of the wall. similar walls > surrounded the hospital grounds. As you mentioned dances, there is > (was?) a fine dance hall within the hospital, I think I was only there > once in the late 1960s something to do with the Red Cross perhaps a > fund raiser. The hall was big with a very fine timber floor. I don't > know how many patients are there now but the building and grounds all > have a pleasent aspect and seem to be kept in good order. > > PP > > On 15 June 2010 15:19, <JackLangton@aol.com> wrote: > > I remember in the 90's, on my visits to Ireland, we would walk through > the > > grounds from the Dublin Road on a Tuesday night to get to the dance in > the > > hotel. It never bothered us that it was pitch black along that path, we > > would come back the same way, late as it was. To the left of the path > was a > > huge wall, probably the height of the wall that Carloman2 refers to. A > few > > years later I visited at the hospital, finding it light and airy, with > the > > patients seeming to be well taken care of. > > > > Jack Langton > > ======================================= > > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > > --------------------------------------- > > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe > to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >