Leaving Certificate Teacher Resources

Some questions to consider

• Why did so many Georgian developments like Henrietta Street become tenements in the latter part of the 19th century?
• What factors led to the Dublin Housing Inquiry of 1913?
• What were the key recommendations of the committee in the Dublin Housing Inquiry?
• Looking at the three photographs above, what do they tell us about tenement life in Dublin? Consider the sources: are they reliable?