In the early 60s Dr Berthram Blake, a movie enthusiast, showed films for the inmates and staff in the hall every Tuesday and Friday, if you were well connected you could "sneak" in , later they gave that hall for Cathedral Parish Bingo sessions (before Youth Centre was built) ...in 1995 the hospital archives were transferred to the National Archives in Dublin. I have yet to check the hospital death register for Michelle Wilson enquiry. On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 4:51 PM, JJ Woods <woodsjj@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > ======================================= > 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 >