Rathmines through time and space: from medieval rath to flatland

As part of the Dublin Festival of History and to celebrate the release of Rathmines, Dr Séamas Ó Maitiú, author the publication, gives an illustrated lecture on the development of the Dublin suburb from medieval times to the 1970s.

The publication, produced by the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, has been supported by Dublin City Council and published by the Royal Irish Academy

For more on the publication, see https://www.ria.ie/rathmines

The publication has been supported by Dublin City Council. It is published by the Royal Irish Academy and produced by the Irish Historic Towns Atlas as part of its Dublin Suburbs series. Editors: Colm Lennon and Jacinta Prunty. Cartographic Editor: Sarah Gearty. Editorial Assistant: Angela Byrne. For more on the IHTA see https://www.ria.ie/research-projects/...

List of slides:

1. Rathmines Road Lower, looking north, c. 1910, from Lawrence Photographic Collection. Reproduced courtesy of the National
2. Library of Ireland, L_ROY_08548.
3. Fig. 1 Medieval and early modern Rathmines, IHTA.
4. Fig. 2 Late 18th cent. Rathmines, IHTA.
5. School in Rathmines, 1789 (Gentleman’s Magazine, lix, pl. III, fig 3). Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland, ET A324
6. ‘A sketch of the environs of Dublin’, c. 1802, by Alexander Taylor, extract. Reproduced courtesy of the British Library, Add MS 32451D.
7. ‘A map of part of the lands of Cullinswood in the county of Dublin now let to Major Taylor being part of the estate of the earl of Meath’, 1810, by W.A. Armstrong. Reproduced courtesy of the Meath Estate, Meath papers, box 158.
8. Taylor’s map of the environs of Dublin, by John Taylor, scale two inches to one mile (Dublin, 1816), extract. Reproduced courtesy of the Royal Irish Academy, RR/31/2/B/1.
9. Map of the Chains, Rathmines Road, 1889. Reproduced courtesy of Dublin City Library and Archive, RRTM (6), 6.7.1889.
10. Portobello Barracks, Rathmines Road Lower, c. 1900. Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland, L_ROY_08903.
11. Fig. 4 Rathmines Road, villas and terraces, IHTA.
12. Grosvenor Square, early 20th cent., from Fergus O’Connor Collection. Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland, OCO 321.
13. Town hall (old), 1878, by J. O’Connell. Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland, MS 7994.Town hall (new) and gated Leinster Square, c. 1910, from Eason Photographic Collection. Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland, Eas 1936.
14. Fig. 8 Civic Nucleus, IHTA.
15. Kelso Laundry, Rathmines Road Lower, 1933, G. & T. Crampton Photograph Archive. Reproduced courtesy of University College Dublin Library.
16. Rathmines Road Lower, looking south, c. 1910, from Lawrence Photographic Collection. Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland, L_ROY_08547.