Eire Ancestry

27/07/2026

NEW STATS!! 📖 Remembering the Forgotten Voices of St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar

The stats are in for the St Loman's deaths from 1902 to 1906.
In 1902 there were 65 asylum deaths registered.
In 1903 there were 46 asylum deaths registered.
In 1904 there were 48 asylum deaths registered.
In 1905 there were 46 asylum deaths registered.
and in 1906 there were 53.

The vast majority of individuals passed due to some form of Tuberculosis which was rampant at the time. Some had been newly admitted and others were longer term residents. The death entries that have been matched to individuals that were only represented by their initials in the 1901 census now have their name back!!

When all deaths up to the 1911 census have been recorded I will begin to piece together their stories ........ I am so looking forward to that part !!!

25/06/2026

So, the first stats are in!
In 1901 St Lomans institution Mullingar housed a total of 874 individuals. Of these, 500 were males and 374 were females. The youngest was "DB", a 14 year old female from Longford. The eldest was an 85 year old female dairymaid, "G RE". She was from Westmeath and had developed dementia 7 years and 10 months ago after a fall from a window.

05/06/2026

📖 Remembering the Forgotten Voices of St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar

For over 150 years, St. Loman's Hospital was home to thousands of people from Westmeath, Longford, Meath, Offaly and beyond. Behind every admission, every record, and every numbered entry was a real person with a name, a family, a story, and a life that mattered.

Inspired in part by the important work highlighted in All That Remains, the documentary by Niall Breslin, I am beginning a year-long genealogical research project into the lives of those who passed through St. Loman's.

As a genealogist, my aim is simple:

To give the individuals who spent time in this institution back their names.

Through census returns, civil registrations, newspapers, burial records and local history sources, I hope to uncover the stories of those who have largely been forgotten by history.

This research is expected to take at least one year, and I will be sharing discoveries, records, stories and historical insights along the way.

If you have family connections to St. Loman's, photographs, documents, memories, or stories passed down through generations, I would love to hear from you.

👉 Follow this page to follow the journey.

One name at a time.

29/05/2026

I have seen the morning burning golden
On the mountain in the sky
Aching with the feeling of the freedom
Of an eagle when she flies

~ Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)

Good Morning from the beautiful Glendalough Valley County Wicklow. 🥰

(M) ☘️

Pic. Shane O'Neill
https://www.instagram.com/shaneoneillphoto

21/05/2026

Looking through the old asylum census records throws up some very outdated but interesting "causes for insanity", but this one I can relate to -->
"AG!, a 24 year old female drapers assistant, suffered from Dementia for the last 1 year and 7 months due to "Housework".

20/05/2026