The Shadows Within: Mental Health's Invisible Past Irish author Doireann Ní Ghríofa's latest book, Said the Dead, examines the haunting stories of patients at Our Lady's Psychiatric Hospital in Cork.
This institution, which operated for over a century, was a place where lives were shaped by trauma and neglect.
The hospital's Gothic Revival architecture belied the darkness within its walls, where patients struggled with the legacy of colonial rule, poverty, and famine.