Picture No | 10220186 |
Date | 1850 |
Description | The workhouse, Clifden, Ireland 1850 |
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The workhouse in Clifden, Ireland where dispossessed inhabitants were forced to find refuge from extreme poverty and destitution. The potato rot, forced evictions and poor law legislation combined to make people dependent on workhouses.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 5 January 1850, page 4 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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