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The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
The report of the Royal Commission on the Poorer Classes in Ireland 1833 led to the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 56), under which three "poor law commissioners" divided Ireland into poor law unions, in which paupers would receive poor relief (either workhouse or outdoor relief) paid for by a poor rate based on a "poor law valuation".
The workhouse population grew quickly from 1845 due the effects of the Great Famine, and the workhouse adapted to accommodate an additional 747 people. [3] Belfast was rapidly expanding, which put continued strain on the workhouse: there were around 15,000 admissions during 1870, which had risen to over 29,000 in 1913. [1] Many of these were ...
The Listowel Workhouse was filled with many destitute people who died every day from starvation and disease during the Great Famine. Between 2,500 and 3,500 people died in the Listowel workhouse during this period. [4] As a result, a new burial ground was required to bury the high numbers of deceased inmates.
Ennistymon: This was the first memorial in Ireland to honour those who suffered and were lost during the Great Famine. It is erected across the road from Ennistymon Hospital, built on the grounds of the local workhouse where an estimated 20,000 Irish died and a mass graveyard for children who perished and were buried without coffins. [1]
An 1849 depiction of Bridget O'Donnell and her two children during the famine, Kilrush Poor Law Union The legacy of the Great Famine in Ireland (Irish: An Gorta Mór [1] or An Drochshaol, litt: The Bad Life) followed a catastrophic period of Irish history between 1845 and 1852 [2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 50 percent.
Although Cillian Murphy read the acclaimed Irish book “Small Things Like These” during the Covid-19 lockdown ... novel involving one of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries, workhouses run by ...
The workhouse was declared fit for the admission of paupers on 15 March 1841, and the first inmates entered the workhouse on 20 April. [1] By November 1846, the capacity at the Waterford Union Workhouse was almost full. [4] A statement dating from 1 May 1847 shows the amount of workhouse accommodation in Ireland.