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This website focuses on the following Primary School Curriculum (1999) subject areas and strands.
Class: 6th
Subject: History
Strands: Local studies, continuity and change, eras of change and conflict
Strand Units: Homes and buildings in my locality, my locality through the ages, barter, trade, money and power
Subject: Visual Arts
Strands: Drawing, Construction
Strand Units: Making drawings, looking and responding to buildings from the past
Subject: Drama
Strand: Drama to explore feelings, knowledge and ideas, leading to understanding
Strand Units: Exploring and making drama, reflecting on drama
Hi Everyone! Welcome to this site where you can access plenty of resources and interactive learning tools to aid with your learning or teaching of the Dublin Tenements. This site focuses in mainly on History but is enriched with some Visual Arts and Drama resources too. Enjoy!
Let's Take a Stroll....
Zoom in to see where Henrietta Street is. It is Dublin's most famous Tenement Street.
Henrietta Street is the most intact collection of early to mid-18th century houses in Ireland.
The houses were built in the 1720's as homes for Dublin’s most wealthy and elite families.
By 1911 over 850 people lived on the street, over 100 of those in one house, here at 14 Henrietta Street.
Check out the 14 Henrietta street tab on this site to learn more.
What is a Tenement? What were they like?
The horrible reality of living in a tenement house...
At their peak prior to the First World War, approximately 20,000 families lived in single rooms in tenement housing
Dublin tenements contained some of the worst urban poverty to be found in western Europe.
Given that so many of Dublin’s natives descended from the tenements, make sure to ask at home if any of your family descends from the tenements!
To learn more about this cold reality click here.
Have you ever seen these beautiful doors spotted around Dublin?
To learn more about the beauty and history behind these doors click here. There may be some tips and tricks on how you can create one of these yourself!
Let's go on a Dramatic Journey..
Mise, Mollser is a play that shows us Mollser who is a proud Dubliner struggling to thrive in the overcrowded tenements but having lost none of her curiosity and idealism. To learn more about Mollser check out the Mise, Mollser tab on this site!
Let's keep safe on the internet
Here in Ms. O'Reilly's classroom, keeping safe on the internet is super important! Make sure to check out the Let's keep safe tab up at the top.
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