Junior Cycle Teacher Resources

Task 1: Henrietta Street Over Time

Draw a timeline of Henrietta Street. On this timeline add:

• Key dates
• Major changes on the street
• National and world events that led to these changes
• Key people and their involvement in these changes
• How identity changed on the street over time

Task 2: Using the Census

What is the census?

• Take a look at the Irish Census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/)
• Select Census year ‘1901’ | Select the county as ‘Dublin’ and type ‘Henrietta Street’ into Townland/Street.
• Select ‘Show all Information’.
• You will be able to see people’s names, age, religion, and what they did for work.
• Make a list of some of these occupations - are there any jobs you don’t recognise? What are they?
• Look at the census again, but this time for 1911. Compare the occupations of people on the street to those in 1901. Which jobs are the same? Are there any new ones?
• For both 1901 and 1911, make a list of jobs that men had, and a list of jobs that women had. What kind of jobs did men and women do? Were they different? Were they the same?