workhouse
18 photos and 1 illustration tagged workhouse, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.
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- poorhouse
- belfast
- union
- board
- guardians
- poor
- law
- poverty
- edwardian
- nationallibraryofireland
- glassnegative
- baby
- coastguardstation
- locationidentified
- robertfrench
- williamlawrence
- lawrencephotographicstudio
- lawrencephotographcollection
- woman
- bldigital
- date1823
- pubplacebelfast
- publicdomain
- sysnum000255454
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- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- National Library of Ireland on The Commons
- LSE Library
- North East Museums
- British Library
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Recent uploads
The last upload was April 2019.
Oh to be a sailor? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded April 2019
Photo of Belfast Union Workhouse, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Facade of Belfast Union Workhouse, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Image of glass structure at Belfast Union Workhouse, dated 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Belfast Union Workhouse with glass roofed kitchen tagged, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Image of additions to main Belfast Union Workhouse building, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Photo from 1909 of male infirmary, Belfast Union Workhouse from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Belfast Union Workhouse, female dormitory, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Surveryors photo of Belfast Union Workhouse, 1909 (1) from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
The Kingdom in all its glory! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded May 2018
A very rare visit to County Longford from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded January 2018
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Mr. Dunphy, Asst Master, workhouse, group.
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The Crawlers
from LSE Library
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vigorous linen said:
A haunting image with an equally haunting narrative. Sad as it was then, these deplorable conditions can still be found in many countries today.
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latriviata said:
Interesting, here in Sydney Australia, "to doss" is still in common usage, as in "can I doss here for the moment". Wonderful insight into this slice of history.
Oh to be a sailor?
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Sharon Corbet said:
The boat is the Ovoca built in 1908 in Arklow, later fishing out of Balbriggan.
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Niall McAuley said:
Scenery looks pretty rugged - further West than Arklow, I'd say. I note a coastguard station with flagstaff.
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Rory Sherlock said:
Taken at Castletownbere I'd say - This part of the harbour is now filled in, but that's the Workhouse in the background and the profile of the hill matches the modern Streetview www.google.ie/maps/@51.6508038,-9.9102059,3a,75y,80.01h,8...
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Rory Sherlock said:
The Coastguard station in the photo wasn't there when the 25" Ordnance Survey map was created, so that may provide some dating evidence. The NIAH suggest it was built circa 1910, so this photo must be later. www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&...
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Sharon Corbet said:
There's some more info on the Ovoca at the bottom of the page here, as well as some photos of it later in Balbriggan harbour.