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Re: Gorey Workhouse Project
« Reply #9 on: Monday 29 December 14 13:04 GMT (UK) »
... In the Gorey workhouse I think they gave mostly the full names in the census.

Initials certainly used in 1911 returns-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Wexford/Gorey_Rural/Ramstown__Lower/684965
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Re: Gorey Workhouse Project
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 07 February 15 15:03 GMT (UK) »
Hi Karen,

The following has valuable information on Gorey Workhouse.
Dr. Aidan Breen
"The history and administration of the gorey poor law society 1840-49: a case-study in the operations of the irish poor law"
The Past: The Organ of the Uí Cinsealaigh Historical Society  Year:  2007


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Re: Gorey Workhouse Project
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 10 February 15 20:14 GMT (UK) »
The Board of Guardians of Workhouse would have held meetings.
Books containing minutes may still exist.
Your County library should be able to advise.
Definitely worth finding out.






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Re: Gorey Workhouse Project
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 11 February 15 12:42 GMT (UK) »
Aidan's sources were as follows:
(a) Those relating to Gorey Union
Primary: (i) The Minutes of the Board of Guardians of the Gorey Poor Law Union 1840-49. Nine volumes
Secondary: (ii) Link, a biannual Parish Newsletter: series 'Window on the Past: Gorey through the famine years', M. Fitzpatrick, vol. 3 (no. 2) to vol. 5 (no. 2).

His general sources were House of Commons Papers and other books.


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Re: Gorey Workhouse Project
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 03 September 15 21:57 BST (UK) »
Patrick I haven't been on here for a while.  We are going through the minutes ourselves. I hadn't come across the article - do you know where I could access it?

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Re: Gorey Workhouse Project
« Reply #14 on: Friday 04 September 15 00:28 BST (UK) »
You can read the article online at the following link:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/25520133?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

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« Reply #15 on: Friday 04 September 15 08:01 BST (UK) »
Sadly Aidan passed away one or two years ago. Aidan states in note 1 at the end of the paper that this is a much shorted version of a project completed in 1980 in part fulfillment of the requirements of a final year specialist honours history course for a BA honours degree with the open University (UK). He subsequently obtained his doctorate degree at TCD, and spent several decades researching and publishing about medieval Irish history. The original project report from 1980 referred to above might exist in the papers he left behind. His papers might also include copies of the Link magazine referred to, and photocopies of other relevant material. I don't know who might have his papers now. His brother Ray lives in Gorey, and maybe his nieces and nephews also. One of them might be able to direct you to where his papers are, and whether there are any useful material among them. They might also have anecdotes from Aidan relevant to the workhouse.

I hope this helps a bit, and I look forward to you completing the book.

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« Reply #16 on: Friday 04 September 15 09:42 BST (UK) »
Patrick thank you so much - Anne lives in Gorey and knows most people around the town - and sure if she doesn't know them she knows Michael Fitzpatrick who would definitely have known him.  Thank you so much.

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Re: Gorey Workhouse Project
« Reply #17 on: Friday 04 September 15 11:10 BST (UK) »
Another idea occurred to me. At the Ordnance Survey website URL below, you will find a map of Gorey made some time before the famine. At that time Gorey was just a little bit more than a crossroads. The map shows the "Site of Intended Work House" so the workhouse had not been built yet at the time.

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,714569,658801,10,7

The map also shows a fever hospital on the Courtown Road. That hospital must have also played a major role in caring from those dying from fever in the famine times, see this link.

http://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/epidemic-diseases-of-the-great-famine/

It might be an idea to include something on the fever hospital in the book or booklet also.

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