2 - Mater Hospital souvenir photograph albums

Photograph of the front façade of Mater Hospital, South Wing on Eccles Street.

Photograph of an operation in progress in the main theatre, 3rd floor of the south wing of the Mater Hospital. From left to right: Unidentified nurse; Denis J O’Reagan (House Surgeon) performing operation; Joseph P Quinn (House Surgeon); Patrick Canning (House Physician); Matthew Russell (House Surgeon) administering anaesthetic; Peter George Moran (Resident Pupil); John Murray (House Physician); unidentified nurse

Photograph of the interior of a male medical ward in the Mater Hospital From left to right: Unidentified patient, unidentified nurse, Patrick Canning (House Physician); unidentified Sister of Mercy; Joseph Redmond (Physician); unidentified nurse and patients.

Photograph of a female surgical semi-private ward in the Mater Hospital From left to right: Unidentified Sister of Mercy; Matthew Russell (House Surgeon); unidentified patients; [Thomas McGrath]; unidentified nurse and patients

Photograph of the interior of a male medical ward in the Mater Hospital. From left to right: Sir Christopher Nixon (Physician to the Mater); Unidentified Sister of Mercy; Patrick Canning (House Physician); [Joseph Redmond (Physician to the Mater)]

Photograph of the front entrance hall and main staircase of the south wing of the Mater Hospital.

Photograph of the interior of a male surgical ward, possibly Surgeon Mr Patrick Hayes’ ward, in the Mater Hospital. From left to right; Unidentified doctor talking to unidentified patient; unidentified nurse; Matthew Russell tending to unidentified patient. Note - there was no separate children's ward at this time so children and teenagers were treated in the main male and female wards.

Photograph of an operation underway in the main theatre, 3rd floor, South Wing of the Mater Hospital Individuals left to right: unidentified nurse; Neil John Blayney (House Surgeon); Joseph P Quinn performing operation (House Surgeon); unidentified nurse; Patrick Canning (House Physician); Matthew Russell (House Surgeon) administering anaesthetic; unidentified nurse; Denis J O’Reagan (House Surgeon);John Murray (House Physician).

Photograph of the interior of the patient kitchen on the ground floor of the South Wing of the Mater Hospital. A number of unidentified staff members and a Sister of Mercy are preparing food.

Photograph of the pillar room, south wing of the Mater Hospital. Note: the room was initially used as the temporary hospital chapel from 1861, before becoming a reception room/day room for patients as shown here, then used for Board meetings, and its current use as a reception/event room. The large painting on the right hand side over the fireplace is a portrait of Archbishop of Dublin Cardinal Paul Cullen, a great benefactor and supporter of the Mater, and still hangs in the Pillar Room today along with the three paintings on the back wall which were donated in 1861 on the occasion of the Mater’s opening. The fireplaces have long since been removed.

Photograph of the hospital chapel in the west wing in the Mater Hospital. The chapel was constructed as part of the newly built West Wing (opened in 1886) to replace the temporary chapel in the Pillar Room, and occupied the space of 2 floors, from the first floor to the roof. When the current chapel was built and opened in 1937, it was deconsecrated, and a new floor was installed below the windows to create four more wards; St Agatha’s and St Cecilia’s Wards (female surgical) on the top floor and St Gabriel’s and St Agnes’ Wards (female medical) on the middle floor (the current 2nd floor). St Agnes’s Ward later became the National Spinal Unit. In the mid-1970’s, St Agatha’s and St Cecilia’s Wards were reconstructed as an intensive care unit. A new ceiling was put in place below the ornate ceiling of the original chapel, leaving the original decorated ceiling intact. With the recent renovation of the former I.C.U. into The Pillar Centre for Transformative Healthcare in 2018, a section of the original chapel ceiling has been restored and is on display.

Photograph of the interior of an unidentified female surgical ward in the Mater Hospital. The only identified indivudal is Denis O’Reagan (House Surgeon) attending to patient in centre rear.

Interior of one of the male medical ward in the Mater Hospital From left to right: [Denis Farnan (Resident Pupil)]; unidentified nurse; unidentified patients sitting in chairs; Patrick Canning (House Physician); Brian McMahon Coffey (Resident Pupil); unidentified Sister of Mercy and nurse.

Photograph of a group of Mater Hospital nurses, all unidentified

Photograph of the interior of the male surgical ward (possibly west wing ground floor) in the Mater Hospital. From left to right: Unidentified nurse; Joseph P Quinn (House Surgeon); [John Lentaigne (Surgeon)]; Unidentified Sister of Mercy; [Nicholas Kirby (Resident Pupil)].

Photogtaph of the Resident Pupils and House Staff of the Mater Hospital, taken in inner courtyard of the hospital Standing left to right: [Nicholas Kirby (Resident Pupil)]; unidentified; Peter George Moran (Resident Pupil); William C Gavin (Resident Pupil) Sitting left to right: Matthew Russell (House Surgeon); Patrick Canning (House Physician); Joseph P Quinn (House Surgeon); John Murray (House Physician)

Photograph of an operation in progress in the small theatre, 3rd floor, south wing of the Mater Hospital From left to right: Matthew Russell (House Surgeon) assisting; Alexander Blayney (Assistant Surgeon) administering anaesthetic; Joseph P Quinn (House Surgeon) performing operation; unidentified nurse; Michael O’Sullivan (Surgical Registrar and Anaesthetist); Patrick Canning (House Physician); unidentified nurse; Matron Mary McGivney.

Interior of the female semi-private surgical ward on the 1st floor, south wing of the Mater Hospital From left to right; unidentified patients; [Sir Francis Cruise (Surgeon)]; Nicholas Keller (House Surgeon); Alexander Blayney (Assistant Surgeon); unidentified patients and nurse.

Photograph of the interior of an unidentified female ward in the Mater Hospital. None of the people in the image have been identified.

Corridor scene in the Mater Hospital with a number of unidentifed figures possibly both staff and patients.

Photograph of the interior of a male medical ward in the Mater Hospital. From left to right: Unidentified nurse; Patrick Canning (House Physician); two unidentified patients; Brian McMahon Coffey (Resident Pupil); unidentified seated man and boy; John Murray (House Physician) standing; [William McLorinan (House Surgeon); [Rev. Patrick McGrath (Mater Chaplain)].