Housing Memories 1913
Mother Of Seven Making Fringes For Knitted Shawls, Galway, Ireland, 29 May 1913
Galway in May 1913
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Dr Jacinta Prunty on the Church Street tenement collapse in 1913.
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Tenement dwellers pose for a photograph on Church Street, c. 1913.
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Forbes Cottages, Forbes Lane, off Marrowbone Lane, Dublin in 1913
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Urban living: A dilapidated tenement room in the Coombe area in 1913. (RSAI, DD, No. 83)
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of small cultural organisations around Europe, in line with Europeana standards.
Our part of the project, which is a work in progress focuses on our Du Noyer collection, and our lantern slide collection.
These collections are being scanned, and digitised by a small team of dedicated volunteers.
Together with the Discovery Programme the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is currently taking part in an E.U funded project, called locloud, which is working on the online publication of the collections
of small cultural organisations around Europe, in line with Europeana standards.
Our part of the project, which is a work in progress focuses on our Du Noyer collection, and our lantern slide collection.
These collections are being scanned, and digitised by a small team of dedicated volunteers.
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This series of photographs is taken from the report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the housing conditions of the working classes of Dublin. The pictures give great insight into the miserable life in the overcrowded and poverty-stricken tenements and courts of Dublin in 1913.
Mary's Lane
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Yard off 45 Church Street
Photographer is John Cooke
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Entrance to Tickell's Court (Beresford Street, North King Street)
Photographer is John Cooke
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Henrietta Place 1913
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Smullen's Court
Photographer is John Cooke
Smullen’s Court was one of the many “courts” in Dublin, hidden behind the main streets of the city and often built on the gardens of formerly grand Georgian houses. The families living in the courts – sometimes two to a single cottage – shared a single toilet and tap. In a large number of cases, families of up to eight could share a two-roomed shanty. In this photo chickens run freely in the dirt of the alley and the windows of the tenement house facing us are broken.
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Little Britain Street
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Kavanagh's Court, off Bow Street, off North King Street
This photograph is one of those taken by W.J. Joyce in 1913 to illustrate the dreadful living conditions in Dublin. Kavanagh’s Court was one of the most derelict sites in the city. It is listed as Cavanagh’s Court in the maps of the period, but does not appear under either name in the 1911 census.
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Ruined Houses, Nos. 68, 69, 70, Upper Dominick Street
Taken by John Cooke. The 1911 Census reports that eight families had lived in the eight rooms of number 69, a total of 46 people, some living nine to a room.
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Ruinous Houses near the corner of Jervis Street and Parnell Street
Photographer is John Cooke
Jervis Street was a very busy and heavily populated street at this time; over 900 people are listed as living there in the 1911 census.
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Ruins and dilapidated buildings, Railway Street
Photographer is W.J. Joyce
Railway Street was originally called Lower Tyrone Street and was part of the notorious “Monto” area, which was said to be the largest red light district in Europe at the time.
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Ruinous houses, Nos. 88 to 93 Railway Street
Photographer is W.J. Joyce
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Dilapidated houses and waste ground at Temple Lane, off Hill Street, off Parnell Street
More a wasteland than a lane, it is hard to believe that families were living in the derelict houses in the background of this picture. The Keoghs, the Cullens and the Kennys lived here in 1911 – a total of 19 people.
Photographer is W.J. Joyce
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Dilapidated houses, Nos. 30 and 31 Grenville Street
The photograph shows a classic example of tenements housing. In 1911, in No. 27, 42 people lived in 9 rooms.
Photographer is John Cooke
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Blackpitts, The Coombe
Photographer is John Cooke
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Brady's Cottages, off Lime Street
Over 50 people lived in this small row of cottages in 1911. It was noted that in some cases this type of cottage was unhealthier than the tenements as there was no possibility of getting access to pure air or to sunlight. The overcrowding in Brady’s Cottages was particularly bad, with up to ten people living in a two-roomed cottage in 1901. Lime Street is located close to the south bank of the Liffey close to Hanover Quay.
Photographer is W.J. Joyce
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