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From: "janet sandberg" <>
Subject: Workhouse
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:29:21 +0000


Joe Egan kindly sent this website to me. I found it very informative.
Thought I would share it. Janet

The Workhouse was a place that housed indigent people during the
1853 timeframe. These facilities played an important role during
the Great Famine of 1846-1850. Some eventually became hospitals.

The Workhouse concept is a very fascinating part of Irish
history. There is a great site covering this history at:

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ireland.html
Thanks Joe!



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