Hi All, I have again perused the 1901 census after receiving some hints from here and Cavan off-line. If persons are in the mental institutions of the day, ( as a medical person I dislike using the formal name of Lunatics and Idiots in Pubic Institutions) they are listed only by their initials. It appears that Jane is in the Monaghan Rural institution in Rooskey townland, with the correct initials, age, religion. Place of birth is questionable as I do not have it so could be right. Melancholia is her diagnosis and she has been there for 8 years which puts it about 1893 for admission. After researching further, it appears that, while her eldest son may be alive even though I cannot find him either in the 2 census, her 2 daughters born in 1886 and 1887 appear to have died in infancy. I cannot find a death for her son so I am unsure about him. That could send any woman over the top especially since in later generations depression and anxiety have been present. It now appears that she spent her entire life institutionalized. How sad. Thank you for your assistance to all Janet