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Offline Sean O Callaghan

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Youghal Asylum
« on: Monday 18 February 13 22:54 GMT (UK) »
I am trying to trace a relative of mine who ended up in the Youghal Mental Asylum in the late 1800s/early 1900s. I know that he was there in 1911 and certainly had been in 1901.  I don't know how to search for the Census records of the asylum, but my main question is whether this asylum was purely for Protestants or were Roman Catholics admitted there too? From the little I have managed to find out about it, it appears to have been a Protestant asylum, yet he was a Roman Catholic.

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Re: Youghal Asylum
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 19 February 13 07:27 GMT (UK) »
What is the asylum's exact name and address?

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Re: Youghal Asylum
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 19 February 13 08:13 GMT (UK) »
possibly one of these ?

  Photo of Auxiliary Asylum, Youghal, on the NLI website

  Protestant Almshouse / Asylum, Youghal on archiseek.com



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Re: Youghal Asylum
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 19 February 13 08:40 GMT (UK) »
People in institutions (asylums, hospitals, gaol, boarding schools, etc.) are listed in the census by initials rather than full name. To search for someone put in their initials, sex, county and see how many results appear- if too many then add age but if too few remove county.

If you are having trouble finding them in census records post the name and age and we can try to find them.

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Re: Youghal Asylum
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 19 February 13 18:17 GMT (UK) »
I think this is 1901 return for the Protestant Asylum http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Youghal_Urban/Church_Street/1160779/

The auxiliary asylum seems to be either under RC control or public (or both).
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