Item 20 - Mary’s Lane Area Improvement Scheme Map

83 cm x 64 cm; Printed with coloured washes

Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch
Map of a plot of ground to be acquired for the Mary’s Lane Area Improvement Scheme by Dublin Corporation. The acquisition is to be enacted under the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland), Acts, 1890-1921. The plot to be purchased is demarcated by a red border and is bounded to the east by Greek Street, to the west by Church Street, to the north by Mary’s Lane, and to the south by a portion of the Bridewell. The plot includes the tenements and premises located at nos. 27-38 Church Street. The southern portion of the plot is occupied by a copper works. A large portion of the frontage onto Greek Street is described as ruins. The map is given ‘Index no. 583’.

Over-sized storage. The map is badly torn and frayed at edges. Careful manual handling is required.