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

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 ...

In June 1855, the guardians recorded the names of some of the orphaned or deserted children. 2 week old Mary, an illegitimate child born in the workhouse, was deserted by her mother at the outer gate.

The asylums of 1700s, Victorian and Edwardian times have not had the best of reputations while workhouses for the poor were often brutal places, no better than prisons. Records show that the ...

The Workhouse Arts Center is expanding its dance program by launching more kids’ and adults’ classes. It held a Dance Open House on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, where people could visit the ...

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.