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Black 47 Famine Conference Success
The Dining Hall – Irish Workhouse Centre L-R: Gerard Moran, Cathaoirleach Peter Keaveney, Clare Lowery, Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill, Christy Cunniffe Thank you to all who presented,
June 3, 2022
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The Irish Workhouse Centre
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.
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Our first conference in 2022 – Black ’47
We look forward to our first conference in 2022. We would be grateful if you could share as widely as possible. The full conference brochure
April 30, 2022
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We look forward to seeing you in 2022
We’re delighted to re-open for the 2022 season on Tuesday, 5th April.Opening days are Tuesday-Sunday and guided tour times are:10am, 12 noon, 2pm and 4pm. While
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