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

A local historian’s research led the Irish government to find an unmarked mass grave with remains of about 800 children.

McCullagh, a forensic archaeologist, directed a test dig at Tuam in 2016-17 that identified 35-week-old foetal remains and ...

This year marks the 50th birthday for the award-winning Nidderdale Museum, rated in the top 10% of museums nationwide. To mark the event, visitors will be able to enjoy its 13 themed exhibition spaces ...

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

Workhouse records reveal rural Ireland’s harsh past On July 31, 1838, the Poor Law was introduced to Ireland. The hardship of the souls who sought salvation from disease and starvation are ...

ST. LOUIS — Thousands of people detained at a former city jail could get compensation soon. On Tuesday, the legal advocacy organization, ArchCity Defenders filed a motion in federal court for a ...

Thousands of attendees got the Fourth of July festivities started early in Lorton Saturday with the Workhouse Arts Center’s ...

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.

Six months previously Mrs Utting and her husband and four children had been in the West Derby Workhouse but were removed to the Sculcoates Union in Hull.

Indeed, it is no surprise that many of the female inmates at Birkenhead Workhouse were widows, often with children in tow. The workhouse school, in 1881, had 213 pupils on its books and eight ...