ABANDONED ireland
The Workhouse
Page 2
One of the cess pit toilets
- I don’t investigate too closely!
The ancient torn piece of newspaper refers to passage to America via steamship.
Many Irish escaped the famine by emigrating to America. In some cases entire steamships were chartered by the landlord of an estate, more as a way of removing the destitute and starving population from his lands than as an act of kindness.
