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From TheJournal.ie What has happened to Ireland’s workhouses? Workhouse

What has happened to Ireland’s workhouses?

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Decades after their mass closure by the new Irish Free State, communities are pulling together to save their local workhouse.

# workhouse - Tuesday 12 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Rosie O’Donnell uncovers her Kildare roots Discovery

Rosie O’Donnell uncovers her Kildare roots

12/07/11 1,243 Views 12 Comments

A trip back into her family’s past for a TV show revealed that the comedian’s great-great-grandfather and family lived in Naas workhouse during the Famine.

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