Irish Workhouses

[Genealogy Jude @GenealogyJude]

This is an extraordinary story, so sensitively told. Through the survival of a letter in an archive, you learn of one woman’s plight after her family sent her to the workhouse. Sadly, there is no happy ending for Catherine.

Letter From a ‘Lunatic’ https://t.co/CP7OBIF8bb

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

#DYK that our Museum walls are built from the demolished buildings which were once part of the #Letterkenny Workhouse complex. Original walls stood further out&were higher @IrishWorkhouses @CallanWUnion @DonegalCoArchiv @donegalpage @DonegalMaps @DonegalLibrary @LkennyCathQtr

[Irish Heritage News @heritage_irish]

In 1879, controversy arose when the master of Carrick-on-Suir workhouse supplied eggs to all the inmates for their Easter Sunday breakfast. This sparked a lively debate among the Board of Guardians over who should bear the cost. Full story: https://t.co/tBRSGOT5Pd

#IrishHistory

[Irish Workhouses @IrishWorkhouses]

Limerick Workhouse.
https://t.co/2w6hDBA0Ud

[Robert Burns @robertburns73]

Great to meet with the Farney Community Development Group at the Carrickmacross Workhouse & learn more about their great work.

In @MonaghanCoCo we are looking forward to working with the community on the Workhouse Campus Project to restore & enhance the 6 acre site & buildings.

[Galway County Council @GalwayCoCo]

As part of #ExploreYourArchive 2023 we’d like to share some images focusing on our #PoorLawUnion collections, they are a fascinating source for social and local #history. Why not explore more @ https://t.co/OX6dhbYuCB .@ARAIreland #archives #lovelocalarchives #workhouse

[Herts Archives @HertsArchives]

Popping in to visit us soon? Don't miss our free Christmas in the Workhouse exhibition which is now displayed in the Archive Reading Room.

#Christmas #Workhouses #ChristmasPast

[Workhouse Union @CallanWUnion]

On a learning journey with @AmicitiaProject, delivering training on inclusive community engagement in local planning and decision-making to local authority staff.

Co-produced by @DeptRCD and Pobal with @CWI with the support of #dormantaccountsfund @theILDN @LGMAIreland

[Irish Workhouse Centre Portumna @IrishWorkhouseC]

It's been a very exciting month at IWC - we're delighted to have launched our very own book.

Portumna Workhouse: Telling the Story of the Workhouse Poor recounts lives marked by hardship and resilience.

[Foras Feasa @ForasFeasa]

The next week is Architecture Kerry week with lots of good events all over Kerry. I will be giving a talk on Bahaghs Workhouse (near Cahersiveen) on Thursday 27/9 at 2pm.

[Dr Shelby Zimmerman @shelby_zimme]

On Monday 25 Sep from 11-12, Prof Des O’Neill (@Age_Matters) and I will be discussing the work of @TLRHub Medical & Health Humanities as part of the @TCD_AHSS Research Festival. I will also chat about my @HistoryTcd research on workhouse death. Come join us in the Arts Block

[Fiona Slevin @HistoryFiona]

Workhouses and Institutional Care on 30 Sept @IrishWorkhouses in Portumna.
I’ll be there, looking at the smallpox epidemic of 1871-72 in #Mohill incl vaccination, taking defaulting parents to court, paying inmates, and doctors’ negotiation for higher pay.
https://t.co/KX0FBpJOUx

[HistoryandHeritageYorkshire @GenealogyBeech]

This nightmarish vision was produced in response to the new 1834 Poor Law, Poor relief was now only supplied within the workhouse, where families were split up into gender-divided wards; in return for their relief paupers would carry out several hours of often gruelling labour.

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

To all those on #CultureNight2023
who visited our new exhibitions, took part in the Life In The Workhouse Living history tours, joined in singing with Finn Valley Mens Choir - Thanks You 😊 & we'll see all nxt year! @CultureNight @donegalcouncil @DonegalCoArchiv @Donegal_ie

[Ciarán Reilly @ciaranjreilly]

Well done to the members of #Edenderry @IrelandICA on their 'Shining Stars' exhibition at Edenderry @OffalyLibraries remembering the 15 girls' from #Edenderry workhouse who were shipped to Australia during the Great Famine @offalyindo @Offaly_Express @Midlands103 @EdenFMRadio

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to Sinéad O'Connor, describing her as 'one of our greatest and most gifted composers, songwriters and performers of recent decades' | Read more: https://t.co/lY5DKkiTxt

[Irish Workhouse Centre Portumna @IrishWorkhouseC]

🚨Call for Speakers! 🚨

We're looking for speakers to present at our September Conference on 'Famine, Workhouses and Institutional Care: The Role of Institutional Care and Carers during the Operation of Workhouses in Ireland 1840-1922'.

See details below!

[Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram @FinnClodagh]

#ThroughHerEyes
Thank you @thewildgees for the reminder that Eileen Costello, senator, school principal, women’s rights activist and a pioneering collector of music, was born #otd in 1870.
For more on her journey from workhouse birth to Irish Senate: https://t.co/arhkeZxBcT

[Irish Workhouses @IrishWorkhouses]

Meet at Famine Orphan Memorial beside Ballyshannon Workhouse
West Rock Ballyshannon
Co. Donegal
https://t.co/ZIrSFwf0Mf

[Mellon Centre for Migration Studies Liam Campbell @MellonMigration]

Great day out in Enniskillen with some of our participants on the Bad Bridget book club. The visit to the Workhouse was very poignant and evoked much empathetic thought. Very well put together. Children’s shoes so moving. Thanks Frankie and Pauline