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New novel is based on the archives of Cork’s famous Lunatic Asylum
15 minutes Posted May 27, 2026 at 2:33 pm.
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Seán’s guest has always been fascinated by the longest building in Ireland, the old Victorian Cork District Lunatic Asylum, on the bank of the River Lee. Now, her new novel ‘Said the Dead’ is directly informed by the women whose stories she found in the archives.

Poet and author Doireann Ní Ghríofa joins to discuss…