DOCUMENTING THE

HISTORY OF MAGHERAFELT

AREA UNION

About the Project

Welcome to the Magherafelt Workhouse project which aims to tell the story of life in the workhouse in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Divided into over 40 sections, the website contains information on the establishment and building of the workhouse in the 1840s; the impact of the Great Famine on the building; post Famine changes and how the workhouse was used by people and much more.