Articles taken from the Connaught Telegraph relating to the Castlebar Workhouse
The men that built the Workhouse
Advertising Positions in the Workhouse
Reluctance to give Workhouse inmates a proper
Christmas dinner (only resolved when publicised in the local newspapers)
Opposition to the education of children in the Workhouse
Refusal to assign a part of the Workhouse as a Fever Hospital
The Board of Guardians passed a motion refusing to vaccinate any more children in their care
The Workhouse refused to take any new applicants
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