DUBLIN City Council are hosting a special event to commemorate the history of tenement life this Saturday, April 16.
Remembering the Tenements Day will take place in the Kings Inn, Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, and the public are invited to share their stories and bring in items they have kept from this era of the city’s history.
Charles Duggan, Dublin City Council Heritage Officer, said: “With people’s permission we will record and photograph any objects you bring to Remembering the Tenements Day. Everything you bring in will go home with you on the day.”
Examples of items that people are encouraged to bring range from photographs and letters to toys, tableware and sporting memorabilia.
The house at Henrietta Street is currently undergoing refurbishment and is expected to open as a museum as part of the Dublin Tenement Museum Project in early 2017.
Census records show that 100 people from 17 families were living in one tenement flat at No 14 Henrietta Street during 1911, with the entire street’s population peaking at 850 people.
The focus of the museum will be to reflect the life of those who lived in tenements in Dublin’s city centre from the early 1900s until the early 1980s when the last people living in tenements on Henrietta Street left.
Stories and items from Remembering the Tenements Day will assist the project in providing information for the museum as it is developed.
This Saturday’s event will take place between 10am and 3.30pm. For more information, email 14henriettastreet@dublincity.ie or visit www.dublincity.ie
Daniel O’Connor
