Exhibition Opening: Beyond the Walls

Join us for the opening event of the ‘Beyond the Walls’ exhibition in the new TU Dublin Academic Hub on the Grangegorman Campus. The evening will feature an opening reception hosted by the exhibition curators, designers and contributors. For centuries, Grangegorman was a place of confinement and care. Within its walls were a workhouse, an asylum and a prison, where lives were shaped by hardship – and sometimes hope. Patients, prisoners, inmates and staff all left their mark on this ground. The Beyond the Walls exhibition invites you to step into their world – a world where the poor and mentally ill had little choice, where a spell in an overcrowded institution was sometimes better than remaining outside these walls. Today, as Grangegorman is transformed into an open, vibrant space, the past still lingers in its buildings, landscape, and memory. The Beyond the Walls exhibition includes facsimiles from the archives, artefacts from St Brendan’s Hospital, photographs, artwork and poetry inspired by stories from Grangegorman and more. Learn more about the history of Grangegorman at grangegormanhistories.ie