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For nearly 150 years, the wretched, squalid tenements of Dublin were widely judged to be the worst slums in all of Europe. By the 1930's, 6400 tenements were occupied by almost 112,000 tenants.

Some districts had up to 800 people to the acre, up to 100 occupants in one building and twenty family members crammed into a single tiny room. It was a hard world of hunger, disease, high mortality, unemployment, heavy drinking, prostitution and gang warfare. But despite their hardship, the tenement poor enjoyed an incredibly close knit community life in which they found great security and indeed, happiness.

As one policeman recalls from over half a century ago, they were 'extraordinarily happy for people who were so savagely poor'.

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ISBN/EAN 9780717140749
Author Kevin C Kearns
Publisher Gill Books
Publication date 20 Mar 2006
Format Paperback
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Dublin Tenement Life: An Oral History

This book is totally unique. It is based on the original and wholly authentic testimonies of survivors of the old Dublin tenements.

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