| Reference Number | LMH/8 |
| Title | Interview with Livinia Meenan |
| Date | 23 November 2012 |
| Creator Name | Meenan, Lavinia, 1927-2020 |
| Milne, Ida |
| Description | Transcript of an interview conducted by Ida Milne with Dr Livinia Meenan, a retired public health officer.
In the interview Dr Meenan talked about a wide range of topics, including:
- the beginnings of her interest in medicine;
- medical education in UCD [University College Dublin];
- experience working in St Vincent's Hospital and Temple Street Hospital, both in Dublin, as a student;
- time spent working in St Kevin's Hospital, Dublin, [now St James' Hospital] and in England;
- period out of the medical profession;
- return to education to complete a Diploma in Public Health;
- time spent working as an area medical officer with the Eastern Health Board;
- the career of her husband Charlie, a consultant dermatologist;
- her interest in mycology and tuberculosis;
- recollections of Noel Browne's time as Minister for Health, 1948-1951;
- poverty in Dublin during her time as a student and a young medical professional;
- the positive changes brought about by immunisation programmes and improved public health information;
- memories of use of thalidomide;
- a polio outbreak in 1947;
- the changes brought about by the advent of free education in Ireland.
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| Extent | 18 pages |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Term | Education, Medical |
| Public Health |
| Dermatology |
| Mycology |
| Tuberculosis |
| Diphtheria |
| Smallpox |
| Tetanus |
| Whooping Cough |
| Poliomyelitis |
| Immunisation |
| Communicable Diseases |
| Thalidomide |
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/2800 | Meenan; Livinia (1927-2020); Physician | 1927-2020 |
| DS/UK/2801 | McCann; Sean (fl. early twentieth century); Physician | fl. early twentieth century |
| DS/UK/2761 | O'Hanlon; Rory (b. 1934); Physician, Politician, and Minister for Health (1987-1991) | b. 1934 |
| DS/UK/1030 | McSweeney; Christopher Joseph (1899-1953); Medical Superintendent in Cork Street Fever Hospital (later Dublin Fever Hospital) | 1899-1953 |
| DS/UK/255 | University College Dublin; 1908- | 1908- |
| DS/UK/1797 | St Vincent's Hospital; 1834- | 1834- |
| DS/UK/2791 | Temple Street Children's University Hospital; 1872- | 1872- |
| DS/UK/1782 | St Kevin's Hospital, Dublin | |
| DS/UK/242 | Eastern Health Board; 1970-2005 | 1970-2005 |
| DS/UK/1275 | Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland; 1882- | 1882- |