Name: |
WILKINSON, GEORGE |
Building: |
CO. CORK, FERMOY, UNION WORKHOUSE |
Date: |
1840-41 |
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Conversion of half of New Barrack (purchased from Board of Ordnance by Poor Law Commissioners) into workhouse for 900 inmates. Cost of building £3,251 plus £1,148 for fittings etc. Contractor: William Hill. Opened 12 Jun 1841. First admissions 6 Jul 1841.
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Cork Constitution, 7 May 1840, 15 Jun 1841 (information from Ronnie Herlihy, Cork); 8th Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for Ireland (1854-55), 122; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 261.
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Name: |
WILKINSON, GEORGE |
Building: |
CO. CORK, FERMOY, UNION WORKHOUSE |
Date: |
1853-57 |
Nature: |
New workhouse for 700 inmates on 17-acre site at Strawhall. Built as a result of Government's having bought back for use as a cavalry barrack the part of the New Barrack which had been converted into the original workhouse in 1840-41. Contract signed in or by Dec 1853. In course of erection, 1855. Datestone on entrance block inscribed, 'Erected 1857'. Contractor: Michael Joyce, Fermoy. Cost £18,000.
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B 10, 11 Dec 1852, 786; 8th Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for Ireland (1854-55), 122; Cork Examiner, 9 Dec 1853 (information from Roger Herlihy, Cork, Nov 2010).
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