Highlight Talk – Catherine Czerkawska on Mental Health in 1800s Scotland

Highlight Talk – Catherine Czerkawska on Mental Health in 1800s Scotland

Catherine Czerkawska, Author, Poet, Playwright – Found In Castle Street: An Unexpected Exploration Of Mental Health Provision in late Nineteenth Century Scotland: How researching a murder in the author’s Leeds Irish family led her to uncover an equally tragic story of exploitation, repression and incarceration in 1880s Glasgow.

Booking for Highlight Talks at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is recommended to guarantee entry. Due to limited capacity in the venue, any available seats will be allocated to attendees who have not booked on a first come, first served basis, meaning that entry cannot be guaranteed without booking.

Part of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum Highlight Talks collection.

Additional Information

Accessible rooms
Disabled access
Parking
Walkers welcome
Wednesday 4 November 2026 •
2.30pm | Doors open 2.15pm
Free
Robertson Room, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, Ayr KA7 4PQ

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