Dublin South Union Workhouse Infirmary

[shanew147]

The South Dublin Union was officially founded in 1839, but there was a workhouse on the site before that.

see: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/DublinSouth/DublinSouth.shtml

I know there are gaps in the dates for the records and most are not indexed by name - so without a date of admittance or death it would be difficult to locate any details.

I will post back here when I work out more details on which dates records have survived for.


Shane

[Graham Whitehead]

Many thanks Shane.  With little information it seems I may not find them.
I have always assumed they lived in the Liberties as they were weavers, but alas I do not know whcih parish (RC) Their son John Brooks[= Mary Ann Flood] was born in Dublin c. 1795.  So the workhouse for his parents is a long shot.

[Quaxer]

Dear Babzi,

You asked several questions but please be warned when you research the past sometimes you may discover uncomfortable facts.

Firstly,the book "Dublin Slums" by Jacinta Prunty isbn 0-7165-2538-0 contains a very interesting commentary on the early days of SDU together with a map of the premises showing the infirmary.

 Secondly, for No.14 South Frederick Street the newspaper The Irish Times has 3 entries for the Boyds.On Page 1 Deaths  for September 9th 1874 ::Alexander George (son of William and Jane Boyd)  A Miss Boyd is shown as a prizewinner on Page 2 on     December   5th,1874. Lastly, December 8th, 1875  shows a birth to a W.L.Boydon  Page 1.

Several ancestors were medical men with PLU in Victorian  days so I have a limited knowledge of their affairs.


Regards
Quaxer.
Q

[babzi]

Hi Quaxer,

Thanks for your info. You have found me another child of William and Jane I didn't know they had.

The medical men PLU what does that mean? I'm not familiar with it.

I will look up the book on Dublin Slums. However the family had money and we think that William ended up in the infirmary due to his paralysis. Jane probably couldn't or wouldn't look after him.

I really need to find any records there are to see if the William Boyd who died in the SDU infirmary was our guy. I'm told there are good records in the archives but they are not available on line.

Any other help you give I would be very appreciative.

regards
Babzi

[aghadowey]

PLU probably mean Poor Law Union.

[babzi]

Hi
Just another question re Irish Times. How are you able to search? By name and address?

I was thinking of subscribing to an online subscription.

I have access to dublin journel newspaper but it does not seem to have as much as Irish Times.

regards
Babzi

[shanew147]

You can search the Irish Times Newspaper Archives by any keywords, surname, street etc.. the web address is http://www.irishtimes.com/search/archive.html

remember that not every family put their BMD notices in the Times..




Shane

[babzi]

Hi Shane,

I'm doing that at the moment but it doesn't allow to look at the article only a heading. It says its 65 euros to subscribe for a month.

Do you know any other way to search this site and see the articles without paying this large cost?

Babzi

[shanew147]

the free search results just show a headline or extract - there are several subscription options, including a daily for €10 and weekly for €26

If you are subscribing I would recommend reading the search tips carefully.. also remember that many articles and BMD notices dont use first names, and could include something like Mr. A. Smith rather than a full name.




Shane