Kathleen Lynn – Revolutionary Doctor
Harriet Wheelock

Kathleen Lynn – Revolutionary Doctor


Kathleen Lynn by Lily Williams

Last night the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland held the launch of a new documentary on the life of Dr Kathleen Lynn. Made by Loopline films for TG4, the documentary draws extensively on the Kathleen Lynn diaries and the Saint Ultan's Hospital papers held in the archive. The documentary uses a combination of interviews, original source materials and dramatisations of moments in Lynn's life to create an engaging and informative look at Lynn's involvement in the Irish suffrage movement, the 1916 rising, the foundation of the Irish state and the establishment of the first infant hospital in Ireland.

KL/1/1 - Diary of Kathleen Lynn, 3 May 1916

The documentary will be show on TG4 on Easter Monday, April 25th at 9.30, so set you video/dvd recorders/sky box now. If you can't wait until then there is a clip from the documentary on loopline's website and, if your Irish is better than mine, you can listen to a piece about the documentary from BBC Ulster's Blas here.

Photograph of Kathleen Lynn at Saint Ultan's, SU/8/3/1

To find out more about Kathleen Lynn have a look at some of the earlier blog posts on her and Saint Ultan's Hospital. Or make an appointment with us to view the archive material.