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“We had to walk a distance of 1 ½ miles to the Convent school in Magherafelt. On the way to school we had to pass the workhouse – it later became the Mid-Ulster Hospital. At the workhouse there were two or three dozen children of school age living there and they were shepherded in a […]

By R. Cullen This article is not meant to be a deeply researched, carefully documented record of a social service in Magherafelt in bygone days. It is rather a word picture, memory’s film of myself and a few friends. Few scenes and sounds retain the clarity of those visual ard audio impacts made in childhood […]

We had to get up at 7 am – wash face, ears, arms and legs and were then inspected by Matron’s maid, Maggie McQuillan – dressed in clothing supplied by the Workhouse – frock, socks, shoes, etc. Breakfast was at 8 a.m. – this was porridge, tea and bread The plain white loaf was cut […]

THE DAISY HILL HOTEL. (MAGHERAFELT WORKHOUSE) Ah! then, Willie dear, and did you hear. The news that’s goin’ round? All alien tramps must cease to tread The Magherafelt Union ground. Like wise the Old Age Pensioners, The same fate has befel, Who, homeless, sought for comfort In the Daisy Hill Hotel. Then Willie said, “What […]