No 14 henrietta street is now officially the tenement museum dublin, which brings the citys tenements of the past vividly back to life. Steps of rome, dublin south city centre menu, prices. An oral history which was number one on the irish times bestseller. The big freeze of 1947 and the bombing of dublins north strand. Sean mcdermott street upper looking towards gardiner. Tragedy in dublin as tenements collapse the century ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of irish life a century ago.
The report of the housing committee provides a vivid picture of tenement conditions. Life, love and loss in dublins liberties in the archives of the writers family now donated to dublin city a 1798 rebel rubs shoulders with an ira robber and the. Museum of dublin tenement life set for henrietta street the house, built in 1748, comprises time capsule untouched for more than 100 years thu, apr 30, 2015, 01. Take her up to monto, monto, montomontgomery street, dublin. From the irish times book of the year to hans christian andersens fairy tales, youll find books for all tastes and ages. Inside dublins newest museum, a house once occupied by 100. New henrietta street museum brings dublin tenements of the past vividly back to life. The information was gathered by men who called in person to tenement houses and gathered information on the spot. Robert andrew bob doyle 12 february 1916 22 january 2009 was a communist activist and soldier from ireland. Following up dublin pub life and lore and dublin street life and lore, kearns history, univ.
An oral history which was number one on the irish times bestseller list for many weeks. Old pictures, old photos, sean mcdermott, photo engraving, dublin ireland, old and new, irish, street view, shows. Luxury, opulence and wealth, were all words that would spring to mind to describe many of the residences situated in innercity dublin during the 18th and early 19th century. Although there have been several books about tenement life, including the recent 97 orchard street bkl f 15 2002, in this one, the writing is particularly clear and sharp. Museum of dublin tenement life set for henrietta street. Kearns presents a fascinating, often heartbreaking look at life in the slums of dublin from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. These stories of the doyle family spring from hard experience of appallin. Mrs dowlings flat, showing 1960s tenement living at 14 henrietta street. Presenter tim cleary goes back in time to see what life was like. Presenter tim cleary goes back in time to see what life was like in a tenement building on henrietta street. Tragedy in dublin as tenements collapse century ireland. Life in the tenements was hard and brutal independent. The tenements was an ambitious fourpart series about dublin s notorious innercity slums. This book about tenement life will certainly be an eyeopener to many young people who are used to their own space where they can live and dream.
Phyllis on the layout of the dublin tenement where she lived on henrietta st. Doyle was born in a north king street tenement in dublin, ireland and became interested in politics during the. Tumbling tenements by adeline shorten dublin street. By the 1930s, 6400 tenements were occupied by almost 112,000 tenants. Dublins inner urban village, irelands arctic siege. Of his ten books on dublin, five have been bestsellers, most notably dublin tenement life. It is based on the original and wholly authentic testimonies of survivors of the old dublin tenements. For nearly 150 years, the wretched, squalid tenements of dublin were widely judged to be the worst slums in all of europe. From the monto to little jerusalem dublin tenements irish free state. The irish free state and the withdrawal of british soldiers from the city hidden dublin.
An oral history of the dublin slums and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. A cribs style look at how people lived in tenement buildings in dublin in 19. One inspector described a firstclass tenement house at 41 camden street lower occupied by five families, consisting of 20 persons, as follows. We learn of life in the 1700s when dublin was a cosmopolitan city. Calling upon and quoting the writing of reformer jacob riis and featuring his compelling photographs, bial explains simply, yet engagingly, what tenement life was likethe. According to official classification, 22,701 people lived in thirdclass houses which were termed as unfit for human habitation. Alongside the legacy of the vikings and the impressive edifices of georgian dublin, the existence of the tenements is one of the bestknown aspects of dublin s history, famously depicted in sean ocaseys trilogy and james plunketts strumpet city.
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