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1. Famine Times (continued)

   

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   people out of the over-crowded workhouse. Persons on relief works were given a small amount of meal weekly, but no money was given for such work. Meal depots were opened in several centres, and the relieving officers attended at these once a week, and distributed about a stone and a half of meal to the starving family. Owing to the great cost of the outdoor relief, the rates became very high, and most of the poor farmers were quite unable to pay them. On farms of less that four pounds' valuation, the landlord had to pay the rates. To make up for this the landlords simply increased the rent on those farms by four pounds. When the farmers no longer could pay either rent or rates the landlords evicted them, and pulled down their poor cottages, so that the landlords would not be liable for the rates on such houses.

   The Local Government Inspector, Captain Wynne, lived in Boyle, and visited the work-house in Carrick two or three times a week. He sent a Report to Dublin every week about his visits to the Carrick-on-Shannon workhouse. The following are some Extracts from these Reports, which were published in the year 1894 after an inquiry was held by the House of Lords and the evidence

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Easdley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tullylannan, Co. Leitrim

   Collector

   Mary Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Leitrim, Co. Leitrim

   Collector

   Muriel Benison

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derreen, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Charles Taylor

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   86

   Address

   Leitrim, Co. Leitrim