Minister Quinn launches MA Research Project at NUI
(30/05/2011)
Second City: Dublin in 1911 and an accompanying documentary Dublin in 1911: A City in Crisis produced by the MA class at the UCD School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy was launched by Minister of Education, Mr Ruairi Quinn TD, on May 17th at the NUI, Merrion Square. Speaking at the event, Minister Quinn commended the students on the volume of work and dedication required to produce the book and documentary and highlighted the importance of such projects in making public information accessible and readable for a wide audience.
The book provides an insight into the historical geography of the capital city drawing on the 1911 Census records held by the National Archives. This is the first time the records have been used to examine in detail the social and economic history and geography of the city. They highlight the complex nature of the city with distinct working class, overcrowded districts populated by native Dubliners existing cheek-by-jowl with areas populated by professionals such as the Fitzwilliam Square area and districts of great ethnic diversity such as Portobello. In his speech, Minister Quinn commented particularly on this historic multi-culturalism and on the geographical overlap between areas of poverty in 1911 and those parts of the city that have required state intervention in the form of more recent urban regeneration programmes.
Together, the book and documentary resurrect the reality of life in our capital city one hundred years ago.
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Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn arriving for the |
Dr Gerald Mills, Ruairí Quinn TD, David Corry (speaking on behalf of MA Class 2011) |
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| MA Class with Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn | Ruairí Quinn TD, Attracta Halpin (NUI Registrar), Dr. Gerald Mills and Dr. Niamh Moore |
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