In December 1843, work on the workhouse in Athy was completed. The first inmates were admitted to the workhouse on 9 January ...

Women and girls were sent to mother and baby institutions after becoming pregnant in workhouses in Northern Ireland, MLAs ...

An amateur historian posited children had been buried in "a sewage tank." A government commission investigated her claims.

A Listowel pastoral event commemorating the troubled lives of those who were buried at the Teampall Bán famine graveyard took ...

In England, between 1601 and 1929, the workhouse provided food, accommodation, medical care and schooling for children after 1834, in exchange for the inmates working for several hours each day.

Murder, tragedy and poverty - the dark history of Hull's asylums and workhouses. Meant to protect Hull's most vulnerable, workhouses and asylums were often the scene of tragedy.

In England, between 1601 and 1929, the workhouse provided food, accommodation, medical care and schooling for children after 1834, in exchange for the inmates working for several hours each day.