The poor-law commissioner who drew up the Irish workhouse system of 1838 traces the long history of laws for the relief of the poor in Ireland, set against the condition of the people they were meant to help. He takes the story through the statutes, inquiries and debates up to the years of the Great Famine, summarizing acts section by section.
A key source on Irish poverty and policy, written from the official side by one of its architects. Download the free EPUB.