This is a link to the Workhouse in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland where the locals refer to the town as "Carrick." It will give you an impression of life and death in such an institution, and the endurance of the Irish people. http://www.carrickmacrossworkhouse.com/html/history.asp I'm forwarding it as workhouses existed all over Ireland it, but most destroyed just as attempts have been made to destroy European concentration camps, to eradicate history and hide shame. Barb Metro NYC Researcher