Abstract
The nineteenth century was a time of intensive legislative reform in relation to the management of mental illness in many countries, including the United Kingdom. Among the important initiatives taken in Ireland at this time, arguably the most enduring resulted in the establishment of an extensive system of public asylums which, in turn, heralded substantial changes to the conceptualisation and experience of mental illness in Ireland (Finnane 1981; Robins, 1986; Reynolds, 1992; Walsh & Daly, 2004). This paper (a) summarises the central legislative and administrative changes in Irish mental health services between 1821 and 1902, and (b) relates these reforms to prevailing therapeutic paradigms.
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