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Nora, if you are looking at the workhouse records yourself could you by any chance keep an eye out for any references to my relatives who were there close to when yours were? They are Margaret Ford, who was in the workhouse in 1891 and 1901, her son Patrick, who was there in 1891 and died, presumably there, in 1893, and her daughter Bridget, who was there in 1891 with her mother but got out when she got old enough to work? I am not sure why Margaret's extended family (her maiden name was Morris) didn't feel able to help support them, not that any of them were rich, when Margaret's husband died. Her dad Joseph Morris died there too in 1895, but I think it may have been because he had dementia and the family couldn't cope. Good luck finding your relatives, anyhow, whether or not you have time to check for mine.
Corinne Morris