Relief practices in the Westport Poor Law Union, 1851-1880

Seán Lucey.

Graph A: Numbers receiving outdoor relief in the Westport Poor Law Union,

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Graph B: Numbers receiving indoor relief in the Westport Workhouse,

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Graph C: Numbers on outdoor relief per 1000 populationin Westport, Mayo, Connaught and Ireland in 1879 and 1880

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Westport Mayo Connaught Ireland

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Envelope containing tickets for Indian meal(National Archives, Dublin)

Indian meal ticket, 26 May 1880

Distributing relief in Westport, March 1880, London Illustrated News

Graph D Numbers receiving outdoor relief in the Westport Poor Law Union, 1881-1914

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