Rev. Matthew Keogan

I am so pleased to find this thread after 5 years. I forgotten quite a lot of it.

I am hoping that our parish and diocese will place plaques for this priest who did remarkable work, in very difficult circumstances and his health never recovered.

I looked at the Liverpool (NSW) Men's Asylum records and found that it was a beautiful building and it was where destitute and frail men ended their days. It was said that as there was no aged pension, quite a number of men who had no means of support ended their days there. You could have been a failed businessman, a convict, all sorts of people. It had a farm attached to it, so if you were physically able, you would have helped there. There is a photo of dining room full of men at long tables, most with beards. So sad, but at least they had a roof over their heads, and food and clothing.