Cleansing Rural Dublin

The "slum condition" in 19th century Dublin is a well-documented feature of the city's past. Much is now known of the overcrowded tenements and their poverty stricken inhabitants. However, yet another community existed in Dublin at this time, which also suffered the indignation of poverty and disease, yet little is known of their plight. These few Dublin's rural poor, an agricultural community populating the townlands and villages of the wider county beyond the municipality. This pamphlet chooses the territorial boundaries of the South Dublin Poor Law Union as its topic of study. Areas covered include the parishes of Rathfarnham, Clondalkin, Tallaght and Crumlin. The text explores from both an administrative and social perspective, the trials and tribulations involved in implementing within this union, the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

ISBN 0716527383   Pages 64 ISBN13 9780716527381 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Irish Academic Press Ltd   Published in County Dublin Imprint Irish Academic Press Ltd   Series editor Gillespie, Raymond Format Paperback   Series ISSN 40 Publication date 01 Sep 2001   Series title Maynooth Research Guides for Irish Local History Library of Congress 2001039606   Height (mm) 230 DEWEY 941.8308   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Acknowledgements
		Introduction		1
1		Geographical perspectives: the South Dublin Poor Law Union		4
2		Environmental management: public health challenges		12
3		Rural housing reform: addressing the plight of the agricultural labourer		35
		Conclusion		53
		Notes		57

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