1. The Union And The Workhouse
The Poor Law System and construction of Dungarvan Workhouse.
2. Overture To Disaster, 1845
The dependence on the potato crop and the first appearance of blight.
3. Action And Reaction
The Dungarvan Relief Committee and the Dungarvan food riots.
4. Despair And Death
The story of Black 47, the public works schemes and the worsening situation.
5. 1848
The misery continues, the Young Irelanders and Christmas of 1848.
6. The Plague Year
The Cholera epidemic of 1849.
7. Shandon Cholera Hospital 1849
Reports from the Shandon Cholera Hospital in 1849.
8. Workhouse Diet And Its Effects 1845 - 1850
What the paupers ate, the introduction of indian meal, how the Board Of Guardians sourced food and ill-discipline in the workhouse due to the food shortages
9. Auxiliary Workhouses
Auxiliary Workhouses were generally warehouses rented from local merchants. They were introduced to help cope with the overcrowding at the main Workhouse.
10. The Fever Hospital Abbeyside
The story of the Fever Hospital run by the Board Of Guardians at Strandside North, Abbeyside.
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