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22 Oct 2025

Historical Society to launch Magherafelt Workhouse project next week

During the event a memorial stone and an information board at the main entrance to the former site of the workhouse, now the Mid Ulster Hospital, will be unveiled

Historical Society to launch Magherafelt Workhouse project next week

The project will be launched on July 31.

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23 Jul 2025 6:00 PM

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The  Loup and District Historical Society are hosting the official launch of its latest project on Magherafelt Workhouse next week.
The Society has been running a project over the past two years to document and highlight the history of Magherafelt Workhouse (opened 1842, closed 1945).
During the event, members plan to unveil a memorial stone and an information board at the main entrance to the former site of the workhouse, now the Mid Ulster Hospital.
A website will also be launched detailing the history of the workhouse and the two burial grounds nearby, where many inmates were buried without any marker, especially during the years of An Gorta Mor (Famine) 1845 -1852.
It is planned that a wide cross section of the community will attend, including local clergy and public representatives, as well as media personnel. 
The workhouse was the place of last resort to people of all denominations - their common situation in life was that of poverty, malnutrition and disease.
The event will be held on Thursday, July 31 at 7pm at the main entrance gate to Mid Ulster Hospital, 59 Hospital Road, Magherafelt, BT45 5EX.
For more information please contact the society via Theloup-histsoc@hotmail.com
The project is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players.

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