The following is a list of Irish almshouses, also known as Gift Houses:
Leinster
Dublin – Clondalkin almshouses Dublin – Stillorgan (Charles Sheils houses, now demolished) Shee Alms House, Kilkenny Switzer's Asylum, Kilkenny Various Dublin almhouses The Alleys, Drogheda, County Louth St John's Home, Drogheda, County Louth Netterville, Dowth, County Meath Ormonde Almshouses, Barrack Street, Kilkenny
Munster
Skiddy's Almshouse, Cork French Church, Waterford Southwell Gift Houses, Kinsale Denny Alms house, Tralee Youghal Alms House, the 17th-century almshouses were constructed by Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork in 1602 for widows. Each tenant received two shillings a week, enough to sustain her. Around the same time (1612), Sir Richard Boyle built a hospital and a free school. For his efforts in colonising Munster, Sir Richard Boyle was granted the title and dignity Lord Boyle in 1616. When a poll tax of two shillings was introduced in 1697, those living by alms were exempt. St Mary's Collegiate Church in the town still contains many monuments, including the tomb of Richard Boyle himself. Limerick Almshouse King's Square, Mitchelstown Thurles Almshouse Villiers Almshouses, Limerick
Connacht Westport Almshouse, County Mayo
Ulster
Seaforde Almshouses, Newcastle Road, Seaforde, County Down Gills Almshouses, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, designed by Charles Lanyon and erected in 1842Ulster Architectural Heritage, Social Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings and Areas of Importance in the Town of Carrickfergus (undated) Widow's Almshouses, Rockcorry, County Monaghan Blayney Almhouses, Castleblayney, County Monaghan
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