The memory of Alderman Joseph Meade
The decline of Henrietta Street - and Dublin more broadly - was a more gradual event in the aftermath of the Act of Union than often present...
Moving to the suburbs
It must have felt like a million miles away when people headed to their new homes in the suburbs of Dublin - the country as some would call ...
5 Henrietta Street and Uinseann MacEoin
Opposite 14 Henrietta Street is James Bryson House, the name bestowed upon 5 Henrietta Street by Uinseann MacEoin, who together with his wif...
Henrietta House and Herbert Simms
14 Henrietta Street is delighted to welcome historian Donal Fallon to write a series of blog posts about the building and it’s rich and vari...
Working life in the tenements
You might look at the people of tenement Dublin and think they were poor and you might even feel sorry for them but in most cases you would...
The Games We Played
Street games and children playing together was an important, fun, part of tenement life in Dublin and it’s something that former residents o...
Lily Butterworth (née Dowling)
There is a room in 14 Henrietta Street called Mrs. Dowling’s room.
It’s the last room on the tour and it’s not uncommon to hear in the cha...
'MUSEUM' created in response to the history of the house
Poet Paula Meehan and photographer Dragana Jurišić collaborate on new book inspired by the history and residents of 14 Henrietta Street
14 Henrietta Street – Making a Museum: Working Life in Tenement Times
In the run up to our first year anniversary this September, we will be releasing Making a Museum, a series of short videos that look back at...