Although more than 24,000 people in Dublin were identified as either 'boarders' or 'lodgers' in the 1911 census, they are largely absent from the pages of history.

This workshop considers the city’s lodging phenomenon at the turn of the twentieth century. The term lodger encompassed a huge variety of people, including new migrants, single adults of limited means and fairly wealthy individuals without family protection. Their hosts were similarly varied.

Led by Dr Ruth McManus, this workshop will be of interest to social and family historians. 

Dr Ruth McManus is senior lecturer at St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. She is the author of Dublin 1910-1940: shaping the city and suburbs (2002) and Crampton Built (2008), and co-editor of Leaders of the City (2013). Her work includes many articles on different aspects of urban geography, suburban history, population, heritage, tourism and geography education. 

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