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Workhouse Burial Grounds in Gortconny

Workhouse Burial Grounds

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Gortconny holds workhouse burial grounds from the nineteenth century, marking the quiet end of lives broken by hunger and rule. The site still belongs to the living because forgetting would complete the cruelty. Whoever walks past should remember that ordinary stone can hide extraordinary suffering.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Workhouse Burial Grounds. Recorded period: C19TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Workhouse Burial Ground in Gortconny is a 19th-century cemetery associated with the Poor Law system in Ireland. It is significant as a reflection of social and economic conditions during the Victorian era.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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