Housing Memories 1911
This photo is from the collection of the Irish Society of Antiquarians and was used to document tenement life in Dublin a century ago. This particular photo taken in 1911 is often used in books and documentaries on Dublin life of the time.
The photo is of a Tenement in Chancery Lane, AKA Little Italy. My Great-Great-Grandfather is in the centre by the door. He was a German immigrant, a Jew who married an Italian Roman Catholic in Cork and settled in Dublin. He was a barrel organ grinder who befriended the Ganter Brothers - we have a Clock from them. I suspect the woman beside him is my Great-Great-Grandmother with my infant Great grandmother in her arms.
The photo is of a Tenement in Chancery Lane, AKA Little Italy. My Great-Great-Grandfather is in the centre by the door. He was a German immigrant, a Jew who married an Italian Roman Catholic in Cork and settled in Dublin. He was a barrel organ grinder who befriended the Ganter Brothers - we have a Clock from them. I suspect the woman beside him is my Great-Great-Grandmother with my infant Great grandmother in her arms.
Co-archived Con Kennedy
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Co-archived Vincent Butler
Dr. Ruth MacManus, Prof. Diarmaid Ferriter, Prof. Mary Daly, Dr. Paul Rouse, Dr. Joseph Brady, Dr. Jacinta Prunty speak in this MA Documentary about Dublin city in 1911.
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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
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
In 1911 20,000 Dublin families lived in single rooms similar to this a 8 Waterford Street.
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Dublin Corporation disinfectors spraying infected tenements with disinfectants in 1911.
Co-archived Dublin Tenement LIFE
Over 600 people are listed as living on South Cumberland Street in 1911, although there were only 32 houses in the street. Nine and ten people to a single room was quite common in this street.
Co-archived Vintage Dublin in photos