- Publisher: History Press
- Year: 2022
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 264pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 234x156mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 4.4kg
- ISBN: 9780750998765
- Product code: 542572
The Least of These
The Tragic Story of Dublin's Foundling Hospital
Mark Roe New Paperback Illustrated
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Established as a workhouse in 1703, the Dublin Founding House became a repository for infants in 1730 but from the outset struggled to offer adequate care and of the 127,000 children it took in 100,000 died or vanished from the records. This account of the institution’s history traces the difficulties it faced and the appalling conditions inflicted upon those it housed before its closure in 1830.
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Lying at the very edge of the eighteenth-century city, behind high walls and forbidding gates, the Dublin Foundling Hospital was long viewed with horror and suspicion. Yet, following its closure, it seemed to have slipped from the city's memory. The Least of These uncovers the story of the Hospital, from its origins as a workhouse in 1703 during the Penal Laws to its demise in 1830. Its mission: to take in the children of poor Catholics and raise them as Protestants, loyal to king and empire. This was an institution where every infant was tattooed with an identification number, where thousands of children were fed opium and where, as with many foundling hospitals, the death toll was vast.
But why did it endure for so long? And why did quite so many die? Based on original research, Mark B. Roe brings together eyewitness accounts, letters from desperate parents and individual life stories to finally bring the tragic story of Dublin's Foundling Hospital to light.
But why did it endure for so long? And why did quite so many die? Based on original research, Mark B. Roe brings together eyewitness accounts, letters from desperate parents and individual life stories to finally bring the tragic story of Dublin's Foundling Hospital to light.
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Established as a workhouse in 1703, the Dublin Founding House became a repository for infants in 1730 but from the outset struggled to offer adequate care and of the 127,000 children it took in 100,000 died or vanished from the records. This account of the institution’s history traces the difficulties it faced and the appalling conditions inflicted upon those it housed before its closure in 1830.
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