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Many thanks for this. I will see if the Workhouse registry is available for viewing, it doesn't appear to be available online.

Unfortunately he died in 1912.

I'm trying to understand the attached workhouse admission details for Lily Whelan - my great grandmother.

The first admission for her and her 2 sons show her staying for 3 months, but the children being discharged the same day. Does this mean that the workhouse did not accept children?

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