Looking for an old street

Cú Giobach

Hi!
I've been trying to find the (ex) location of a no longer existing place near Townsend st, It was called "Asylum Yard" and as far as I know it was demolished around 1933.
It was a number of small cottages built to help the tenement problem.
Any information would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks a Mill!!!!

arybvtcw0eolkf

You've probably come across this already?.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Trinity_Ward/Asylum_Yard/

I'll try find out more later. I've family living in the old flats in Townsend St, above The Trinity Barbers.

Cú Giobach

Kailey Obnoxious Theoretician wrote: »

You've probably come across this already

Hi Kailey Obnoxious Theoretician, thanks for the reply , my great grandparents lived there until around 1907/8 they're mentioned on the 1901 census.
The only mention of Asylum yard I can find is in a paper called "Dublin slums in the 1930s" by Frank Murphy.
It says it was behind the Magdalen Asylum on Townsend St, I just cant find where the location was Hmmm.....

arybvtcw0eolkf

Cu Giobach wrote: »

Hi Makikomi, thanks for the reply , my great grandparents lived there until around 1907/8 they're mentioned on the 1901 census.
The only mention of Asylum yard I can find is in a paper called "Dublin slums in the 1930s" by Frank Murphy.
It says it was behind the Magdalen Asylum on Townsend St, I just cant find where the location was Hmmm.....

I'll ring my father for you, he'll probably come online later if he's got any info.

Although getting someone in the house to answer the phone is usually impossible!.

Cú Giobach

Kailey Obnoxious Theoretician wrote: »

I'll ring my father for you, he'll probably come online later if he's got any info.

Although getting someone in the house to answer the phone is usually impossible!.

Cheers!!!

spurious

From: http://roots.swilson.info/1904page1.html
Rere of 130 Townsend St.

Cú Giobach

spurious wrote: »

From: http://roots.swilson.info/1904page1.html
Rere of 130 Townsend St.

!!Brilliant!!
Go Raibh Míle maith agat!!
My history coming together piece by piece.

Smartypantsdig

http:maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/


Here you can access low definition digitised copies of the 1849 Ordnance Survey and the 1913 survey too. You may find the street in question marked.

Good luck!

Cú Giobach

Smartypantsdig wrote: »

http:maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/


Here you can access low definition digitised copies of the 1849 Ordnance Survey and the 1913 survey too. You may find the street in question marked.

Good luck!

FOUND IT!!! (Its now a football pitch in the middle of a large block of flats)
Thanks a mill folks.
Smartypantsdig; That's a great resource, (all those areas not well covered in Google Earth),
now I can see my house in the middle of the Cork countryside .

Smartypantsdig

Cu Giobach wrote: »

FOUND IT!!! (Its now a football pitch in the middle of a large block of flats)
Thanks a mill folks.
Smartypantsdig; That's a great resource, (all those areas not well covered in Google Earth),
now I can see my house in the middle of the Cork countryside .

If I can locate the backdoor into the "real" osi maps, I will pass it on ! Higher definition maps!!

Cú Giobach

Smartypantsdig wrote: »

If I can locate the backdoor into the "real" osi maps, I will pass it on ! Higher definition maps!!

Now that would be something very interesting.
My map collection fills half a wall in my house (folded).
If you get that, do pass on a link.

blemmer

047 Asylum Yard
047 Asylum Yard, Mark's Court, off Mark's Lane, off Mark Street

You will get some information on the above if you simply put asylum yard into you web browser.

Mr Simpson

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