November 30, 2025Irish Historical Studies

‘The experimental non-experimental committee’: governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin

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Poor relief strategies evolved, reflecting social change in late-eighteenth-century Dublin.
The House of Industry adopted a new governance approach based on philanthropic reform.
Influenced by Count Rumford's ideas, the new governors aimed to transform the workhouse economically and socially.
These changes indicate broader shifts in attitudes toward the poor and their welfare during this period.

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This article examines shifts in poor relief management in Dublin's House of Industry, suggesting new philanthropic approaches influenced social change.

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Padhraig Higgins (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692b9d831d383f2b2a3796cc https://doi.org/10.1017/ihs.2025.10086

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This article examines shifts in poor relief management in Dublin's House of Industry, suggesting new philanthropic approaches influenced social change.

‘The experimental non-experimental committee’: governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin

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