Selected: CO. KILKENNY, THOMASTOWN, UNION WORKHOUSE
| Name: | WILKINSON, GEORGE |
| Building: | CO. KILKENNY, THOMASTOWN, UNION WORKHOUSE |
| Date: | 1850-53 |
| Nature: | New workhouse being erected by Poor Law Commissioners. Strike among builders working on same, Aug 1851. cost of building: £6250. cost of fittings &c: £1215. To accommodate 600. First admissions 1853. |
| Refs: | B 8, 30 Nov 1850, 568-9; 9, 16 Aug 1851, 513; 6th Report of Poor Law Commissioners of Ireland (1852-53), 84; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 263 |