Plumblines Through Time: Grangegorman's Institutional Buildings

Architect and researcher Colm Murray will guide a tour of the fragmentary remains of Grangegorman's institutional buildings: the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, later St. Brendan's Hospital, The Richmond Penitentiary, Dublin's House of Industry (later workhouse), and the hospitals that it gave rise to.

They bear witness to the desire to improve society through architecture - did it succeed?

The tour will begin at TU Dublin Grangegorman Campus, East Quad Entrance at:

Wednesday 19th August, 1pm
Saturday 22nd August, 1pm

Maps: maps.app.goo.gl/2er3A8VUr5kNTeTq5

This guided walking tour is part of Heritage Week 2026.

About Grangegorman Histories:

Grangegorman Histories is a public history programme of Dublin City Council, Grangegorman Development Agency, the Health Service Executive, local communities, the National Archives, the Royal Irish Academy and TU Dublin.

The programme provides opportunities to contribute to the important work of uncovering, cataloguing and commemorating the eventful history of the Grangegorman area. In the past 250 years, Grangegorman, on the northside of Dublin’s city centre, has been the site of a workhouse, a large psychiatric hospital, a prison; now, it is integrating back into the city as a health and education campus for the HSE, TU Dublin and the local community.

Access Requirements:

Have you got any access requirements that we can assist you with, so that you can fully engage with our event? Please let us know by contacting our access officer, in advance of the event, by email at accessofficer@ria.ie.