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Notice requesting tenders for supply
Notice requesting tenders for supply
Notice issued by Letterkenny Board of Guardians stating that tenders are sought for the supply of goods such as bread and meat to Letterkenny Union Workhouse. Signed by Union Clerk, John Storey.
Copyright of Donegal County Archives. No reproduction without permission
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Young Pauper
Young Pauper
This illustration of the young pauper girl in Cork is just one example of the many poor children who grew up in poverty on the streets of Cork. She is possibly an orphan, or the daughter of a widowed lady who is struggling with the upkeep of her children and herself in times of need. For many children like her, an application would have been made to the commissioners, to enter the poorhouse to earn a little food for her and her family. However, the unions became increasingly aware of how the poorhouse was not helping the poor out of poverty in the long term, but merely aiding them through the bad times. For his reason they began to send young paupers on apprenticeships, where they would learn a trade that would help them survive when they left the workhouse. In other instances young paupers were helped emigrate to America or Canada, where they would stand a better chance of surviving.
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Dunshaughlin Poor Law Union - Area Map Image
Dunshaughlin Poor Law Union - Area Map Image
This map shows the area of the Poor Law Union with the towns and villages indicated. The workhouse, fever hospital and graveyard were located at Ballinlough, 2 km. south-east of Dunshaughlin village. The location of two soup kitchens is shown, one at the Hamwood estate outside Dunboyne and one at Johnstown on the Dublin road outside Dunshaughlin. Ballygortagh, Moynalvy is also shown where the potato crop reputedly did not fail and where famine graves are located. Public works undertaken included building a wall at the Summerseat estate at Clonee.
©Meath County Council
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The Famine in Mayo 1845-1850 (Mayo Co.)
The Famine in Mayo 1845-1850 (Mayo Co.)
The Famine in Mayo 1845-1850 (Mayo Co.)The book, The Famine in Mayo 1845-1850: A Portrait from Contemporary Sources was published in 1998 by Mayo County Library for Mayo County Council to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Famine. It contains contemporary newspaper articles, extracts from official reports, eyewitness accounts on the impact of the potato famine in County Mayo.
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Sick and Dying in the Workhouse
Sick and Dying in the Workhouse
This is an engraving that was used in The Illustrated London News in 1846. It shows the interiors of the workhouse with the sick and the dying lying on the beds, as the women and children look on. http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/index.html
Views of the Famine: Vassar College NY USA
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Milford Infirmary
Milford Infirmary
Black and white photograph of Milford infirmary which was attached to Milford workhouse. Taken from Alistair Rowans, Buildings of Ireland.
Copyright: Alistiar Rowan, Buildings of Ireland
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Seasonal Labour Force
Seasonal Labour Force
This is an engraving that was used in The Illustrated London News during the famine in Ireland. It depicts a group of Irish peasants en route to England for seasonal harvest work. http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/index.html
Views of the Famine: Vassar College NY USA
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Dunshaughlin Workhouse - Front View
Dunshaughlin Workhouse - Front View
The Dunshaughlin workhouse survives to the present day with it's original appearance. It was built in the Gothic revival style of the mid nineteenth century with pointed windows and diamond shaped panes of glass. In front are the railings, entrance gate and name plate. The front faces directly onto the Dublin road and the building is now a bed and breakfast guesthouse.
©Meath County Council
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Raymond Gillespie, author of the Poor Law Union feature
Raymond Gillespie, author of the Poor Law Union feature
Raymond Gillespie is from Belfast and was educated at Queen's University Belfsat and Trinity College, Dublin. He is currently senior lecturer in the Department of Modern History, NUI Maynooth. His principal reserach interests are in the seventeenth century and he has written widely on social and economic change in seventeenth century Ireland.
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Map of Milford, pre-1838
Map of Milford, pre-1838
First edition OS Map showing the town of Milford, before the building of the workhouse began. The site where the workhouse was built is also included at the bottom right-hand corner of the map.