Historic Ireland Delivers An Emotional Workhouse Experience - VAN LIFE IRELAND - 35

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This turned out o be a very emotional day when we visited the Donaghmore Workhouse & Agricultural Museum. This museum is slowly being restored BUT the stories hat have been told really resonated with us. We then went on to find another off grid parkup near Milford Mill that had a very interesting history.
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[@doniehurley7634]

I think its a healthy relaxed thing when your only mission for the day is to find a sponge cream cake

[@getawaygeese]

Ok you have helped enormously as I could expand on that theory and spend more time looking and buying cakes lol 😂 I love your approach

[@WrittlesCave]

Your very thoughtful people. I am trawling through your video's and they offer a really good insight into everyday campervan life and it's problems and joys. Many thanks.

[@getawaygeese]

Glad you are finding them useful as that was always one desire we have to show our vanlife which includes mistakes as well as tips 😂

[@the-other-windsors]

Tina here.Thanks for sharing not just the workhouse, but your emotions too. Think id have been in bits. So sad and sobering. 🙄🐕🚙

[@getawaygeese]

Yep it hit us harder than we thought to be honest - even though it was waiting renovation they need to keep that feeling there Thanks for watching

[@dianabelcher39]

Thanks for sharing another very educational video, I well imagine the visit to the workhouse and the very sad history attached to it must have made you feel so lucky to be living today (it certainly made me feel that way!!!) the Agricultural museum was great as I've quite a few of those tools, belonged to my late husband and others to my dad... I'm 80 years old which accounts for this... Hope Stu has recovered from his operation...

[@getawaygeese]

Thanks for watching I am glad we captured the mood of the place as it made us realise the hardship that existed Glad the tools invoked a memory to - by op and recovery is going well thank you - each day I can walk farther

[@colinblack7049]

Hi Jane and Stu, another very interesting video, both ends of the spectrum with the sad workhouse, then giant vanilla slices.

[@getawaygeese]

Yes very thought provoking ….. and as you say how life has changed Thank you for watching and commenting

[@blakes4ontour]

A very moving museum. Aw, shame it coming to an end! Really enjoyed watching this series. Thank you Ju 😁

[@getawaygeese]

You would of loved the story behind it - just a few left to go Thanks for watching

[@Wizardinthewild]

The quest for the Victoria sponge continues…that workhouse was very poignant. The desolation came across really well. Hard to contemplate the suffering. Cream slice was good compensation for a lack of cream cake.

[@getawaygeese]

Jane still wails at night about leaving the cake behind 😂 thanks for watching and we were affected by that museum unexpectedly- it was a cold day and no one else around so I think we connected to the story and misery

[@paulpuglia8480]

I'm new to your channel and I love your channel. I'm from Michigan just 20 miles north from Detroit God bless. Today, July 4th is our Independence Day in the U.S.A. ciao ciao for now.

[@getawaygeese]

Happy Independence Day first and foremost so enjoy your day Thankyou for watching and hope you enjoy our videos and it gives you something in return

[@CamperVanya]

Easy to see why the workhouse visit had the effect it did on you both. Very interesting to watch. I love to see painted stones with messages in random places it’s a lovely thing. I’d have thought Jane would’ve learned the dangers of cake indecisiveness after her last experience but apparently not 😂 The journey’s end, but what an adventure it’s been 😊

[@getawaygeese]

Thanks Sue hope you are well - we were surprised how much it affected us As ever it’s the story that connects As for the cake it’s a scar 😂

[@lyndalike3037]

Fascinating visit, last year, we came across the Llanfyllin Workhouse on A49 enroute from Shrewsbury to Lake Veyrnwy it was fascinating, interesting and desperately sad, thank goodness we live in the era we do, and gosh how incredibly lucky we are these days. All best wishes to you both Lynda

[@getawaygeese]

Yes you seem to think they were years ago and in history terms it’s like yesterday - the chilling dummy brought the story to our face to be honest Thanks for watching

[@lyndalike3037]

@@getawaygeese there was a workhouse in Hay near the church which is now flats and a young "girl" who was bought in, went to work for my grandmother helping to look after my father, his twin brother and 3 siblings, and she was bearly out of her own childhood. I remember this wonderful lady as she stayed and married in Hay so as you said not that long ago ...And like you guys Im still a spring chicken 😂😂

[@louisesymonds9963]

Thank you for your educational video, very thought provoking. During lockdown I researched some of my family tree & discovered my g g grandma & children were sent to the workhouse in Swaffam, Norfolk. Quite a shock to learn that. I’m sure you won the wrestling match with those custard slices! X

[@getawaygeese]

It’s strange how recent workhouses are in history terms just a few generations away - thankfully they are no more The slices were amazing - thanks for watching and commenting

[@nigelmchugh5541]

If you come back sometime for a trip up the centre of the country towards the North, Strokestown House famine museum in Co. Roscommon is well worth a visit. Johnstown Castle in Wexford is a gorgeous estate and museum, now owned and operated by the Department of Agriculture. Worth a visit, and not far from the ferry (Rosslare)

[@getawaygeese]

Thanks for watching but above all the great tips I have added the North one as we are coming back next year

[@LifeistooshortCK]

Very interesting tour of the workhouse and very sobering. Sorry this series is coming to an end as you have showed us so many interesting places. Take care ❤

[@getawaygeese]

Thanks for watching guys - it didn’t stop delivering as you can see but it’s been a long series but we have enjoyed reliving it

[@LorraineG123]

Sorry was away camping only catching up. Thank you for so respectfully showing us the workhouse, i always get emotional, knowing that family members could have been in these, as when times were hard for families, they had no choice but to put family members in them,or even the law took the family members and put them in there. Innocent people who fell on hard times, treated in a way they shouldnt have been treated. Sadly in our world things like this still go on. They are still finding mass graves,poor souls. Now that cake,seriously did you ever get it in the end ha ha. You both have had a wondrrful trip,it has me thinking that i would love a van. Thanks again you two.

[@getawaygeese]

Yes it hit us when we learned the families were separated in the workhouse and seeing the dummy lying there really got to us. Tragic history that should never be treated like many parts of history where we should know about them and learn Thanks for commenting and sharing your thoughts

[@LorraineG123]

@getawaygeese I could see ye were visible upset, it hit me in the heart. It's so so sad, as you say in many histories. My allotment got hit by blight this year, and I said to my family, imagine if it was your only source of food like long ago. Must note that area, and if we are up there will visit, and maybe bring a candle or flowers. Poor souls.

[@getawaygeese]

Yes reality is a strong emotion

[@LorraineG123]

@@getawaygeese 💔💔

[@getawaygeese]

Hi Lorraine. Really powerful places arent they 😞 What got to me so much was that it was their intention to make these places so awful so that it was seen as a last resort and was barely any better than the outside and in many cases worse than the outside. And also avoid overcrowding. So sad. The cake got away. But its first thing Im hunting down when we return in February (ish) Jane ☺️

[@fredcooper6725]

The workhouses cast many a long shadow. My mother was born in Nottingham in October 1923. She would never talk about her childhood. After she died we discovered that her father was a miner and that he had committed suicide in September 1923 after being blinded in a pit accident. As a consequence, her mother was turned out of her terraced Coal Board house, and with no income or family support, had to admit herself as destitute and heavily pregnant to the Bulwell Workhouse, Nottingham where she eventually gave birth to my mother.

[@getawaygeese]

That’s a sad story and you are right in real terms it’s ‘yesterday’ from a history perspective. It certainly made us think and emotional which is exactly how you should feel Thank you for watching I hope it didn’t distress you to much

[@atcautoelec]

Very autumnal feel to this one and it's evident the affect the workhouse museum had on you both. Interesting vid. Hope you are feeling better Stu and not over indulging in the cakes!

[@getawaygeese]

Yes the weather was turning and that added to the chill of the workhouse Feeling a lot better it seems to have worked so far and starting to walk so thanks for asking and of course watching