Presenter tim cleary goes back in time to see what life was like. No 14 henrietta street is now officially the tenement museum dublin, which brings the citys tenements of the past vividly back to life. Life in the tenements was hard and brutal independent. Tragedy in dublin as tenements collapse century ireland. Doyle was born in a north king street tenement in dublin, ireland and became interested in politics during the. 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. It is based on the original and wholly authentic testimonies of survivors of the old dublin tenements. 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. 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. By the 1930s, 6400 tenements were occupied by almost 112,000 tenants. The irish free state and the withdrawal of british soldiers from the city hidden dublin.
Presenter tim cleary goes back in time to see what life was like in a tenement building on henrietta street. The report of the housing committee provides a vivid picture of tenement conditions. New henrietta street museum brings dublin tenements of the past vividly back to life. 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. Museum of dublin tenement life set for henrietta street. According to official classification, 22,701 people lived in thirdclass houses which were termed as unfit for human habitation. We learn of life in the 1700s when dublin was a cosmopolitan city. For nearly 150 years, the wretched, squalid tenements of dublin were widely judged to be the worst slums in all of europe. Take her up to monto, monto, montomontgomery street, dublin. Steps of rome, dublin south city centre menu, prices. The information was gathered by men who called in person to tenement houses and gathered information on the spot. These stories of the doyle family spring from hard experience of appallin.
Robert andrew bob doyle 12 february 1916 22 january 2009 was a communist activist and soldier from ireland. An oral history which was number one on the irish times bestseller list for many weeks. The tenements was an ambitious fourpart series about dublin s notorious innercity slums. 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. Old pictures, old photos, sean mcdermott, photo engraving, dublin ireland, old and new, irish, street view, shows. An oral history of the dublin slums and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. One inspector described a firstclass tenement house at 41 camden street lower occupied by five families, consisting of 20 persons, as follows.
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