Dublin slum dwellers, 1901 (Dublin City Library)
Black and white illustration of Dublin Slum dwellers in article entitled 'The Last of an Historic Dublin Slum' written by Mary Costello, photograph by Mrs. Charles O'Connor. The Lady of the House magazine, Volume XII, Number 143, Christmas, 1901, page 11.
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Dublin slum dwellers, 1901 (Dublin City Library)
Black and white illustration of Dublin Slum dwellers in article entitled 'The Last of an Historic Dublin Slum' written by Mary Costello, photograph by Mrs. Charles O'Connor. The Lady of the House magazine, Volume XII, Number 143, Christmas, 1901, page 11.
© Dublin City Public LibrariesMany authors used the slums of the Dublin tenements as settings for their novels and plays. These works spoke of the horrors of poverty and injustice from an Irish perspective. Examples include James Stephans book 'The Charwoman's Daughter', 'Strumpet City' by James Plunkett and Sean O'Caseys play, 'Juno and the Paycock'. The legacy of the poverty of the early part of the 20th century still inspires authors today, for example Roddy Doyles 'A star called Henry', which is a comic account of the life of Henry, a child born in 1902.