Rathdown Workhouse

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The Rathdown Poor Law Union was officially declared in 1839. The Workhouse was opened in 1841 at a cost of £6,600. It was built to house a maximum capacity of 600 inmates. The Rathdown Workhouse was built to accomodate people from the areas of Blackrock, Dundrum, Glencullen, Killiney, Kingstown, Rathmichael, and Stillorgan in Co. Dublin, and Bray, Powerscourt, and Delgany in Co. Wicklow.

The Rathdown Workhouse site is now occupied by St Columkille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, with some of the original buildings surviving.

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I have an ancestor who was born and lived in Dublin city but her place of death is Rathdown. I am sure this means she died in the Rathdown workhouse. Is there a list of people who were there? Her name is Rebecca Graham, maiden name Morcott born around 1820. Her husband was Peter Graham and I have her death as 1897 but I have my suspicions that may not be correct. Can anyone help please?

Seaverfamily

Tuesday 5th October 2021 10:53PM

Rathdown is the Union and the Registration District, and that doesn't necessarily mean she died at the Workhouse. There is a Rebecca Graham in the civil records who died in 1897 at Bray, Wicklow (which is in the Rathdown R.D.). She was a 77-year-old widow. You can search online for free and view the document at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/. Workhouse records are found on FindmyPast, but I don't see her listed there.

Toni Thomas

http://notyourgrandmothersfamilyhistoryblog.com/

Tuesday 25th January 2022 01:44PM

Thank you for this information on Rathdown Workhouse.

I have an ancestor called Mary Chambers who was sent to New South Wales as part of the Earl Grey Irish famine orphans programme. She was originally from Dublin and we just received some information that she was selected for the scheme from Rathdown Workhouse. She would have been sent in early 1850 aged 14-15 to Plymouth to join the Maria bound for Sydney. Apparent 38 girls who were to join the Maria were prevented from doing so in Plymouth until they recovered from 'The Itch' (Scabies?) and so the Maria did not arrive into Port until later than planned in order to give them time to recover and it did leave for Sydney until Mar 7.

We have so far been unable to uncover any trace of Mary before boarding the Maria and so this information from an Earl Grey researcher today is very welcome indeed. We would like to verify it by accessing the records of this workhouse. If our Mary was selected from Rathdown, we are hoping to find out more information about her, including her family background.

Thank you for any assistance that you can give us.

Kind regards,

Karina