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Girls Front BlockMany children were orphaned as a result of thefamine. In the second phase of workhousebuilding, two front blocks were added toaccommodate children.

Refractory (Prison cell)Paupers could be locked up in darkness with onlya stone bed for insubordination or disobedience

The BakehouseThere is a bakehouse in the mens quarters, whichwas operated by the male paupers. It was heated bycoal and turf.

Kitchen Soup CauldronsThere were iron pots in the kitchen which could hold80 gallons of soup. Many of these were left overfrom the famine relief schemes of 1847. They were

made in the Royal Arsenal Navy works at Woolich.

Seven Seater Loo !

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There were 163 workhouses built in Irelandbetween 1840 and 1853. Bawnboy workhouse wasone of thirty workhouses built in the second phase,during the years 1850-1852.

The Lych GateUnfortunately the lych gate was dismantled in theseventies. The stones and roof timbers weremarked and saved. The Lych Gate above wasrebuilt in 2013 with most of the original materialand is understood to be the only one left in Ireland.

Your contribution towards the preservation of thisnational treasure will be much appreciated. Thank you.

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Ground Plan of WorkhouseThe architect employed by the Poor Law Commissioners to design all the workhouses in Ireland, George Wilkinson,prepared the same plans for all the second phase workhouses. This plan is for Portumna workhouse in Co. Galway.The plan of Bawnboy workhouse buildings was virtually the same as the one above but has sadly not yet been located.

Items of Special Interest1. Lych-gate entrance2. Girls block3. Boys block4. Board Room5. Waiting room6. Childrens schoolrooms. Dormitories upstairs.7. Probationary wards. New Paupers were admitted

here and given a bath and a uniform8. Clothes stores9. Privies10. Refractory cells11. Kitchen12. Dining Hall/Chapel13. Mens yard,14. Womens yard15. Laundry16. Bakery17. Weighbridge

18. Infirmary19. Dead house20. To graveyard

Bawnboy Workhouse Ltd. wish to thank theArchitectural Archives

for permission to reproduce this plan.

Bawnboy Workhouse Ltd. also wish toacknowledge with gratitude the assistance of:

Cavan County Council,Cavan Monaghan Leader,

Clann Credo,Ts,

Breffni Integrated,and the Ballyconnell Credit Union.

Website: www.workhouse.bawnboy.com

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Research: Dymphna Headen, Secretary, Bawnboy Workhouse Ltd.

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