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Cork Mental Hospital, Youghal

Cyrus T Buford · 2018-12-09 19:03:44

Hi, does anyone have any information on this place during the 1920's, or wether there any records of the place available? I found a death record of someone who died in there aged 22 and i am trying to figure out if he is part of my family but im not sure where to go from here. Here is the death record: its the first one on…

09-12-2018 8:03pm

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Cyrus T Buford

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Hi, does anyone have any information on this place during the 1920's, or wether there any records of the place available?

I found a death record of someone who died in there aged 22 and i am trying to figure out if he is part of my family but im not sure where to go from here.

Here is the death record: its the first one on the page.

JAMES DEATH

The only other information i have of him is that he was born in 1901.

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#2 09-12-2018 9:11pm

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Youghal was an auxiliary hospital attached to Our Lady's Hospital, Cork, and its records are held by Cork Archives.

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#3 10-12-2018 12:53am

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Medical records are usually sealed and you'd have to make an FOI request to access.

I got hold of my great-grandmother's, but I had to prove my descent from her.

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