CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY LECTURE
OCTOBER 16TH, 2014
Presented by Rita McCarthy
Thursday 16th October 8pm Old Ground Hotel.
*After the Workhouse: Providing shelter and relief in County Clare1921-1939*
"How the poor and vulnerable were treated after the closure of the
workhouses in Co Clare in 1922"
workhouses in Co Clare in 1922"
Rita will use Kilrush as a case study and look at Co Clare
Orphanages, the boarding out scheme and the home
assistance programme. Sources include the Kilrush UDC minute books, Board of Guardian minute books and newspaper reports.
Orphanages, the boarding out scheme and the home
assistance programme. Sources include the Kilrush UDC minute books, Board of Guardian minute books and newspaper reports.
This was the focus of Rita McCarthy’s MA studies in UL and she is
currently undertaking a PhD researching women's emigration from Ireland between 1939 and 1970.
currently undertaking a PhD researching women's emigration from Ireland between 1939 and 1970.
Rita has also produced and presented a radio documentary on the 1935 Dance Hall Act and its impact on the social life of
West Clare.
West Clare.
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