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Little is known about daily life in the workhouses during the Great Famine except from official sources and the administrators who oversaw and implemented the rules and regulations. This is surprising given the number of people forced to enter when the potato failed: in 1849, 923,000 were admitted to the workhouses and while the majority stayed for a short period, children were more likely to remain for longer spells, some indefinitely. Prior to the commencement of the Famine in 1845, children comprised one-third of the inmate population. When the South Dublin workhouse opened in 1840, one quarter of its paupers were children. The number of children forced to avail of the workhouses increased after 1845 and by February 1847, 63,000 were under fifteen-years-old. ....