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Tour times:10am, 12 noon, 2pm and 4pm.
The workhouse has been described as “the most feared and hated institution ever established in Ireland.” The Irish Workhouse Centre tells the story of the workhouse poor, remembering those who are often lost and forgotten to history’.
The workhouse was an institution which operated in Ireland for a period of some 80 years, from the early 1840s to the early 1920s. There were 163 workhouses in total.
If people could not support themselves, they could come into the workhouse. Here they would do some work in return for food. People had to stay and live in the workhouse and so the system was known as indoor relief.
On 22 June, the Irish Workhouse Centre hosted a sold-out concert in the former dining hall/chapel to launch a much-needed campaign for the space’s renovation.
On Friday June 6th the Irish Workhouse Centre saw the launch of the plans to develop the former dining hall/chapel. This will see an incredible
The Irish Workhouse Centre and South East Galway Integrated Rural Development are pleased to announce that it has published a book about the history of
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€700,000 is needed to renovate the former dining hall in the workhouse to a purpose-built venue space for concerts, art shows and lectures.
