‘Emotional’ discussion to honour 1,300 people in St Loman’s gravesPrevious Next Image 1 of 5 Julie Clarke, whose grandmother Julia was buried at St Loman’s, with Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin, who is doing a PhD on the Irish psychiatric system with Trinity College. Image 2 of 5 Sheila Shanley, Kathy Crinion and Jacqui Wiley at the event which aimed to honour 1,300 unmarked graves at St Loman’s Hospital, at the Annebrook House Hotel on Sunday February 18. An “emotional and proactive” discussion was held last weekend on how to honour the 1,300 former patients buried in unmarked graves on the grounds of St Loman’s Hospital. Burials took place at St Loman’s Hospital between 1907 and 1970, and crosses with numbers identified individual graves, as opposed to people’s names. Bressie told the 30-odd attendees at the event how he has “tried to run away from the memory of St Loman’s” for all of his life.

Source: Irish Independent February 28, 2024 07:28 UTC