Castlebar Union Workhouse

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Source
HC
Paper No
382
Title Actual
Castlebar Union workhouse: copy of report made to the Board of Guardians of the Castlebar Union, on 20 April 1850, by Dr Ronayne, medical superintendent of the Union, relative to the state of the workhouse
LC Subject Heading
Poor laws - Ireland/Public welfare - Ireland/Ireland - History - Famine,1845-52
Breviate Keywords
Irish papers - poor law, social insurance
Personal Author
Ronayne, Dr P.
Publisher
HMSO
Breviate Page
127
Series
Sessional papers
Abstract
Addressing the vice-chairman of the Board of Guardians of the Castlebar Union, the medical superintendent of Castlebar Union, Dr Ronayne, paints a vivid picture of the deprivations of the workhouse. There is severe overcrowding in many of the rooms: for
Pages Sectioned
3
Held By
The Queen's University of Belfast
Additional Components
Report
Start Page
79
Volume
50
Sub Volume
1
Session
1850
Published
1850
Appointed
Ordered to be printed May 1850