Houses for heroes

Hi,

I'm trying to find information on the Orion system used by Ryan Manufacturing for some of the early homes for ISSLT - appreciate any pointers anyone might have.

Thanks

F

It looks like Irish tenant’s of the Soldiers and Sailors Trust objected the the strict terms of tenancy, and became more militant (especially in Killester)

“In Eire, operations of the trust were complicated by a series of rent strikes culminating in a decision (the Leggett Judgement) by the Supreme Court of Eire in 1933 that the trust as constituted was not entitled to charge rents to ex-service tenants. The Northern Ireland courts reached the opposite conclusion and thereafter the trust received no rents from tenants in the South. As a result no further houses were built in the South after 1932 and maintenance was reduced to a minimum. In Northern Ireland building continued, the last house being completed in 1952.”

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14