In Pictures: Doireann Ní Ghríofa's latest book launched at Waterstones in Cork 

Said The Dead is set in a former Cork  mental institution 

Aoife Bhreatnach with author Doireann Ní Ghríofa at the launch her new book Said the Dead, at Waterstones, Cork, on Thursday.  Picture: David Creedon

The launch of Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s latest book, Said the Dead, drew a sizeable crowd to Waterstones in Cork on Thursday evening.

Ní Ghríofa’s latest offering combines history and ghost story as it gives voice to the women who were incarcerated in a former Cork mental institution that is being converted into apartments.