The Holding Room
Feb 25, 2025•21 min
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Episode description
The Holding Room follows Attendant Muriel Hill, facing a quandary when her patient refuses to have her image captured by the asylum photographer.
This is the first episode of the Flighty Creatures trilogy of short stories for podcast by Wexford-based writer, Sylvia Cullen. Inspired by women who dwelt in the Grangegorman Asylum, Penitentiary and Workhouse, these stories are set in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Flighty Creatures is a project of Grangegorman Histories' public call.
Find out more about Grangegorman Histories on grangegormanhistories.ie
Illustration by Fidelma Slattery.
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