During the Great Famine, food was still leaving Ireland — yet people were starving inside places like the Wexford Workhouse. Built in 1845, it was designed for 600 people but held nearly three times that number during the worst years. Families were separated. Labour was compulsory. Disease spread quickly. The first person admitted here was Mary O’Brien — but the name of the last person to leave is lost to history. This is not just a story about hunger. It’s about policy, survival, and the human