This
post is about the Irish Workhouse Centre in Portumna, Co Galway which opened in 1852 and I found the
history and buildings extremely sad and moving and was horrified when families
entered, they were all split up and probably never saw one another again. There
is a lot of reading in this post and the second part of it will be
published this Wednesday.
I
am linking with THROUGH MY LENS.
There
is a very interesting LINK regarding this workhouse if you wish to avail yourself
of it and want to learn more about the history of it.
Part
2 will be on Wednesday.
Many
thanks for visiting and also for your comments.
How very sad! I hope nothing like this exists today. Hopefully we can all learn from this sorrowful history.
ReplyDeleteIt is a heartbreaking tale isn't it? No wonder so many families resisted going until there was no choice.
ReplyDeletewow it is a great history, it is very interesting for me as an English teacher
ReplyDeleteChilling place!
ReplyDeleteSad to read.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's such a sad part of history. I'm glad they still tell the story.
ReplyDeleteHello, it is a sad part of history. It is interesting to take a tour of this historical place.
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday, enjoy your day and new week!
Good documentary photos of this sad place. This is such a hard history. My family lives in the U.S. because of the potato famine.
ReplyDeleteThis post just broke my heart! How horrible! I knew about the famine, and the migration that resulted, but never had heard of the work-houses. So terribly sad!!!! Mom & I visited Galway on a tour many years ago. This of course was not part of the tour. If I ever get to go back I will make sure I go see this place.
ReplyDeleteImportant to keep telling their story. Heartbreaking!
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