Wow! Teena. Firstly: A HUGE thankyou for your transcriptions. I know from long practice that this is a very time-consuming project. Even ‘just’ the ones on this page would have taken me one, two, or more weeks to transcribe.
A massive effort on your part, and so many of us know that you have been providing this unpaid labour of love to us all for decades now. Thank you so very much. Secondly: The 8 Sept “1849 Evictions in Ulster” is a real eye-opener for me. How wonderful to read such an informed and sustained attack on the actions of one overlord family. And … in posting this, you have indeed provided a great starting point for anyone who would like to take up the author of the piece, to undertake the suggested research, in order to discover the end result. Great information. Thirdly: As an Australian who is very familiar with many aspects of our colonial convict history; and of the tales of some of the poor in England who committed crimes in order to be gaoled and then transported to a hopefully better life in Australia; it was another eye-opener for me to read this extract from the Poor Law Commissioners: “ … The gaols throughout Ireland are little better than auxiliary poor-houses, hundreds of unfortunate creatures having sought them as asylums preferable to the work houses…. “ That is: whilst I was aware of the commission of crimes in England in order to be transported; I was totally unaware that some of the poorest of the Irish at this period, similarly committed crimes in order to avoid the workhouse — which may have saved their lives in many cases. Fascinating stuff. With gratitude and thanks. Ray in Oz. ====================================================================================== > On 27 Mar 2020, at 3:02 pm, Teena <[email protected]> wrote: > > This completes my in-depth look at the effects of the Famine Years 1846-49. ... > > 8 Sept. 1849 Evictions in Ulster ... > ... > 14 Sept. 1849 (extracts from) The 2nd annual report of the Commissioners for > Administering the Laws for the relief of the poor in Ireland > > Think of the position of a country of about 8,000,000 inhabitants, with > 950,196 of them sustained by rates expensively levied off the property and > industry of the rest. Yet this was the number in receipt of workhouse and > outdoor relief on the 30th Jun. 1849; the date to which the commissioners > have brought down their report. To any one who knows Ireland it is > unnecessary to suggest the huge number of persons that are as poor as those > in actual receipt of charity from the guardians of their unions, but who eke > out a miserable subsistence by begging, by vending small wares, by the > wretched wages of occasional employment, and, finally, by thievery. The gaols > throughout Ireland are little better than auxiliary poor-houses, hundreds of > unfortunate creatures having sought them as asylums preferable to the work > houses. … ...
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