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Notice requesting tenders for supply
Notice requesting tenders for supply
Notice issued by Letterkenny Board of Guardians stating that tenders are sought for the supply of goods such as bread and meat to Letterkenny Union Workhouse. Signed by Union Clerk, John Storey.
Copyright of Donegal County Archives. No reproduction without permission
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Sick and Dying in the Workhouse
Sick and Dying in the Workhouse
This is an engraving that was used in The Illustrated London News in 1846. It shows the interiors of the workhouse with the sick and the dying lying on the beds, as the women and children look on. http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/index.html
Views of the Famine: Vassar College NY USA
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Black and white illustration of Dublin slum dwellers in The Lady of the House magazine, 1901
Black and white illustration of Dublin slum dwellers in The Lady of the House magazine, 1901
Black and white illustration of Dublin Slum dwellers in article entitled The Last of an Historic Dublin Slum written by Mary Costello, photograph by Dr. J. Dallas Pratt in The Lady of the House magazine, Volume XII, Number 143, Christmas, 1901, page 11
© Dublin City Public Libraries
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Rinn na Cearta Allotments, Balyfarnon, Roscommon
Rinn na Cearta Allotments, Balyfarnon, Roscommon
view of section of rinn na cearta allotments showing vegetation
Courtesy of Mary Shivnan
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Young Pauper
Young Pauper
This illustration of the young pauper girl in Cork is just one example of the many poor children who grew up in poverty on the streets of Cork. She is possibly an orphan, or the daughter of a widowed lady who is struggling with the upkeep of her children and herself in times of need. For many children like her, an application would have been made to the commissioners, to enter the poorhouse to earn a little food for her and her family. However, the unions became increasingly aware of how the poorhouse was not helping the poor out of poverty in the long term, but merely aiding them through the bad times. For his reason they began to send young paupers on apprenticeships, where they would learn a trade that would help them survive when they left the workhouse. In other instances young paupers were helped emigrate to America or Canada, where they would stand a better chance of surviving.
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Lough Ennell
Lough Ennell
Lough Ennell in County Westmeath is roughly 3,200 acres in size
Copyright National Parks and Wildlife Service
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A little drop of
A little drop of
This is a whimsical novelty postcard displaying a bottle of whiskey which has a flap containing twelve fold out photographs of Tralee. Most of the photographs are from the Lawrence Collection (1890-1910) but also include a photograph not available elsewhere in Kerry County Library's Collection. This postcard highlights how postcards can display rare and unique material.
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Greetings from Roscommon
Greetings from Roscommon
Depicted on this postcard is a colour photo montage of Roscommon landmarks. The "stamp" in the top right is of Clonalis House, Castlerea, whilst the one on the bottom right is Strokestown House, seat of the Pakenham Mahons. The Roscommon town Norman Castle is placed in the middle centre, beside the Roscommon town Courthouse, on the bottom left. The larger stamp in the top left, is the tower and ruins at Clonmacnoise. This card was posted from Castlerea to Dublin in 1992.
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Soup Depot, Cork
Soup Depot, Cork
This is an engraving that was used in The Illustrated London News 13 March, 1847. It shows a crowd at the central soup depot on Barrack Street in Cork during the famine. This depot was the first establishment of the kind opened in Ireland for the distribution of food to the poor. It is believed that approximately 1300 poor persons were relieved here daily. http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/index.html
Views of the Famine: Vassar College NY USA
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Seasonal Labour Force
Seasonal Labour Force
This is an engraving that was used in The Illustrated London News during the famine in Ireland. It depicts a group of Irish peasants en route to England for seasonal harvest work. http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/index.html
Views of the Famine: Vassar College NY USA