County
Louth
This division was created under the Irish
Poor Law Act of 1838. In all 159 Poor Law Unions were set up at
that time and a workhouse was built in each. While they are
composed of a number of townlands they cross county boundaries
and consist of an area up to approximately 15 miles radius of the
workhouse.
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