Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland

The Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland or Lunacy Commission for Ireland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in Ireland.

Establishment

The Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland, more strictly known as the "Commission of General Control and Correspondence", was established in 1821 by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821.[1] The commission consisted of four doctors and four lay members.[2] It was responsible for designating the districts to be served by the asylums, selecting the locations and approving the designs.[2]

Asylums commissioned

The Eglinton Asylum in Cork and the Richmond Asylum in Dublin existed at the time the legislation was enacted and were incorporated into the new district asylum system as the Cork Asylum and the Dublin Asylum in 1830 and 1845 respectively.[3] The new asylums that were commissioned under the auspices of the Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland included:[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Jones, Greta; Malcolm, Elizabeth (1998). Medicine, Disease and the State in Ireland, 1650-1940. Cork University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-1859181102.
  3. ^ a b "Kindred Lines: Lunatic asylum records". History Ireland. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Asylums in the United Kingdom in 1898". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 29 May 2019.