Hollyfield Buildings

Dalcassian

I am trying to find the year that Hollyfield Buildings were built in.
My parents were in Rathmines Avenue in 1901 and and show up in Hollyfields on the 1911 census. There is no record of anybody living there in 1901. So the buildings must have gone up between 1901 and 1911.
What year was it?

shanew

120 flats were built in 1903 at Hollyfield by Rathmines U.D.C

(src: Dublin's Suburban Towns / Seamas Ó Maithiú - 2003)


Shane

Dalcassian

Thanks Shane, that's brilliant. I have now ordered a copy for myself from Amazon.
Do you know of any good books that cover Harold's Cross and/or Terenure?

shanew

sorry - cant think of anything specific to recommend for Harold's Cross or Terenure.. Most of the interesting books are the older ones, I keep an eye out for anything that looks promising in 2nd hand books - ebay, biblio, at books fairs etc...

not quite Harold's Cross/Terenure - but in the right sort of area and an interesting read, and some great photos, is (the late) Deirdre Kelly's 'Four Roads to Dublin'. It's out of print as far as I know but second hand copies are available


Shane

Kerrywoman15

Any idea what would have been there before the construction of Hollyfield Buildings? My grandfather was born in 1898 and the address given is 95 Hollyfields, Rathmines

ollaetta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122180203#Comment_122180203

Exact information is sketchy but maps from the 1800s show a number of earlier houses on the site of the Buildings and there is mention in Griffith's Valuation, which was carried out in the 1850s, of "Hollysfield" at that location on Upper Rathmines Road.