The Bantry Poor Law Union was officially declared in 1840. The Workhouse was opened in 1845 at a cost of £8,200. It was built to house a maximum capacity of 800 inmates. The Bantry Workhouse was built to accomodate people from the areas of Bantry, Durras, Kilcaskin, Kilcathereen, Kilcrohane, Killaconenagh, Kilmacommogue, and Kilnamanagh.
In 1920 the Bantry Workhouse was occupied by British forces.
The Bantry Workhouse site is now occupied by the local general hospital with no original buildings surviving.
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Type of Building:
Workhouse
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1840
Black 47: Starvation in County Cork
16th Jan 1847