Resource Pack 4: 1914 Suzanne R. Day
7 Cork City & County Archives: Through War and Rebellion: Cork 1912-1918
BBC Documentary The Horrific World of England's Workhouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCTgS4sFyVk
One of the first acts of the new Irish state was to abolish the workhouses. In England they continued until 1948. This BBC Documentary is 1.32 hours long but the first the first twenty minutes about Charlie Chaplin will be sufficient.
Join me in the 1900’s Life in a Workhouse
http://www.1900s.org.uk/1900s-workhouse-life.htm
Part of a very good amateur site about life in Victorian Britain.
Archiseek workhouse
http://archiseek.com/tag/workhouse/
Maps and plans for workhouses including the one in Limerick which was typical of Irish workhouses which were far less ornate than some of their English counterparts
Workhouses.org History of Workhouses in UK and Ireland http://www.workhouses.org.uk/
Informative site on all aspects of workhouse history, with good sections on Irish houses
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