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Online, Wednesday 15th December
14 Henrietta Street presents Teatime Talks, a series of talks inspired by the history and people of 14 Henrietta Street.
Dr Ruth McManus will explore the approach taken by Dublin Corporation to address the city’s housing problems in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dublin Corporation, known by generations of Dubliners simply as ‘The Corpo', is the former name of the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin. This talk will explore some of ‘The Corpo’s’ early social housing schemes in the city centre, how ideas about town planning evolved to shape the ‘cottage estates’ of the Dublin suburbs we know today, and what we can learn about social housing now from these approaches.
This talk draws on two recent publications: Building Healthy Homes: Dublin Corporation’s first housing schemes, 1880-1925 by Joe Brady and Ruth McManus, and Dublin 1910-1940: shaping the city and suburbs by Ruth McManus, both available from Four Courts Press.
This talk will take place online using Zoom. The Zoom link for this online event will be sent to you in a reminder email, 24 hours prior to the event.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact us on +353 1 524 0383 or email us at [email protected]
- Date:
- Wednesday 15th December
- Time:
- 7.00pm
- Price:
- Free
