Stuk 1 - Workhouse Register 1842-1843

70 unbound pages (previously bound in a volume)

Register recording details of residents admitted to the Parsonstown Workhouse, the first of which dating from the opening of the workhouse on 2 April 1842 to June 1843. Includes 12 pages of index of name and register number.

Provides details of names of resident, sex, age, marital status, employment, religion, disability type, name of spouse, number of children, observations, electoral division and townland, date when admitted or born in workhouse, and date when discharged or died in workhouse.

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Fragile pages which were suffering heavy surface dirt, severe tearing and pressure sensitive tape on acquisition.
Underwent professional conservation in 2021 supported by the Heritage Council Community Heritage Grant Scheme.