What was life like in the Belfast workhouse?

An introduction to admission, diet, work and leaving the workhouse.

The forgotten burial place of tens of thousands of Belfast’s working-class people in the nineteenth century and why I think it’s time we remembered it.

A guide to the burial grounds of Belfast in the early nineteenth century and where the poor of the town were laid to rest.

A remarkable Belfast woman who made a huge difference in the lives of the poor of Belfast and beyond.

The origins of Belfast’s workhouse