Workhouse Museum

Only minutes from central Derry the museum sits inside a building that was one of the much-feared 19th century workhouses that, in their day, were notorious for disease, misery and death.

The story told here is both grim and moving. Built to keep the poor from starving to death, workhouses were actually little more than concentration camps. Along with explaining the roll of the facilities in Irish history, the museum also presents intriguing multimedia exhibitions on two moments in Derry's history: the Great Famine and the Battle of the Atlantic, when Derry played a major role in the defeat of the German Navy.