Whitehall House, Near Tallaght
Whitehall House, near Tallaght, with a thatched roof. Whitehall was the home of the writer Katharine Tynan (1861-1931). Tynan was a profilic writer, who had a deep involvement in Irish literary life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
South Dublin Libraries. Courtesy of Peter Tynan O'Mahoney.Whitehall House, Near Tallaght
South Dublin Libraries. Courtesy of Peter Tynan O'Mahoney.
South Dublin Libraries. Courtesy of Peter Tynan O'Mahoney.
Whitehall House, Near Tallaght
Whitehall House, near Tallaght, with a thatched roof. Whitehall was the home of the writer Katharine Tynan (1861-1931). Tynan was a profilic writer, who had a deep involvement in Irish literary life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
South Dublin Libraries. Courtesy of Peter Tynan O'Mahoney.Within the past fifty years, South Dublin County has changed from a mostly rural society to a mainly urban one. This photo, taken after the turn of the century, shows Whitehall House near Tallaght. Whitehall was the home of the writer Katharine Tynan. Like many houses at that time, it had a thatched roof.
Exchange Hall, Tallaght
Exchange Hall, a new apartment building in Tallaght. Most new homes built in Tallaght are apartments.
South Dublin Libraries.Exchange Hall, Tallaght
South Dublin Libraries.
South Dublin Libraries.
Exchange Hall, Tallaght
Exchange Hall, a new apartment building in Tallaght. Most new homes built in Tallaght are apartments.
South Dublin Libraries.A hundred years ago, most people in South Dublin County lived in small cottages or terraced houses in villages, or in farmhouses or cottages in the countryside. In the present day, new residential building often involves apartment blocks or two-storey terraced houses in specially designed living areas called estates.
Let's take a look back at what houses were like in South Dublin in the early part of last century.