The Least of These : The Tragic Story of Dublin's Foundling Hospital by Mark Roe

The Least of These : The Tragic Story of Dublin's Foundling Hospital by Mark RoeLying at the very edge of the eighteenth century city, behind high walls and forbidding gates, the Dublin Foundling Hospital was long viewed with horror and suspicion. Yet, following its closure, it seemed to have slipped from the city's memory. The Least of These uncovers the story of the Hospital, from its origins as a workhouse in 1703 during the Penal Laws to its demise in 1830. Its mission: to take in the children of poor Catholics and raise them

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