The following information was provided by Mr Steve Dolan, Manager of The Irish Workhouse Centre, Portumna, Co. Galway
The Tuam Poor Law Union was officially declared in 1839. The Workhouse was opened in 1846 at a cost of £8,100. It was built to house a maximum capacity of 800 inmates, but census records show that the true number of inmates reached as high as 2,368 in 1849. The Tuam Workhouse was built to accomodate people from the areas of Abbey, Annaghdown, Cummer, Claretuam, Clonbern, Donaghpatrick, Dunmore, Headford, Kilbannon, Killererin, Liskeevy, Monivea, and Tuam.
Today a housing state stands on the site of the Tuam Workhouse
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Type of Building:
Workhouse
Some communities associated with this building
Some ancestors associated with this building
Some ancestors associated with these communities
Owen Lloyd Esq.
Boyle (Roscommon) Estersnow (Roscommon) Killukin Boyle (Roscommon) Cloone (Leitrim) Ardcarn (Roscommon) Creeve (Roscommon) Kilmacumsy (Roscommon) Elphin (Roscommon) Killummod (Roscommon) Roscommon Leitrim
DOB:1631
Owen Lloyd Esq.
Boyle (Roscommon) Estersnow (Roscommon) Killukin Boyle (Roscommon) Cloone (Leitrim) Ardcarn (Roscommon) Creeve (Roscommon) Kilmacumsy (Roscommon) Elphin (Roscommon) Killummod (Roscommon) Roscommon Leitrim
DOB:1631
Owen Lloyd Esq.
Boyle (Roscommon) Estersnow (Roscommon) Killukin Boyle (Roscommon) Cloone (Leitrim) Ardcarn (Roscommon) Creeve (Roscommon) Kilmacumsy (Roscommon) Elphin (Roscommon) Killummod (Roscommon) Roscommon Leitrim
DOB:1631
Some buildings associated with these communities
Some timeline events associated with this building
1830
Tuam Poor Law Union is created
19th Sep 1839
1910
Death of Mary Costelloe, Tuam, Co. Galway
21st Nov 1912