Talbot Cottages

=== Talbot Road in 1896 ===
== HOUSING QUESTION IN KILLINEY. ==
=== The following article appeared in The British Medical Journal on 26th February 1910 ===
A memorial signed by over eighty residents has been sent to the Urban District Council of Killiney and Ballybrack, calling attention to the houses of the working class in that district, and urging the Council to make a radical improvement by exercising its powers under the Public Health and Housing Acts. The houses, it appears, were condemned on two occasions by Local Government Board inspectors, one of whom described them in 1900 as “of a poor description, defective in construction, ventilation, and lighting, imperfectly drained, with back yards un-paved and undrained.” In addition to this heavy indictment, a later report called attention to the defective sanitary accommodation as a menace to public health. Many of the privies are situated too near the dwelling houses, and in one instance there are no less than thirty persons for whose accommodation only one privy is available.
The public action of the present residents is to be commended, and it is to be hoped that their influence will be sufficient to force the Council to take immediate steps to remedy the existing condition.
=== Acquisition of the site ===
An advert placed in The Irish Times dated 16th July 1910 gave notice of the compulsory purchase of the sites which would be utilised for the erection of Nos. 1-5 Talbot Cottages and Nos. 1-10 Glenalua Terrace.
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Extract from 1888 Ordnance Survey Map of Killiney. The area outlined in red indicates the location of the existing 9 sub-standard cottages which were cleared to make way for 1-5 Talbot Cottages in 1912 (works completed in March 1913). Detail from Ordnance Survey map of 1888. Sheet XXIII.97 “County Dublin,” held by Ordnance Survey Ireland. © Public domain. Digital content: © Ordnance Survey Ireland, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin
== Building contractor for the project ==
== Wedding photo c. 1955 ==
The happy occasion of a local wedding which took place on Talbot Road c.1955 is captured below. The bride and groom are Gene Tyndall and Noel Farrell. In attendance is a young Anthony Deegan standing in front of his mother and his father Tom is to the left. The dog is called Trixie. 4 and 5 Talbot Cottages can be seen behind the wedding group.
== Earliest records from Thom’s Directory 1971 ==
# James Dignam
# Michael McClure
# Isaac Mason
# Kevin Higgins
# Charles Mason
== Aerial view c.1995 ==
It is interesting to note that, when first constructed, No.1 Talbot Cottages did not have the two gable dormers which it now has. These were a later addition c.1999 when the house was extended and the features were added to present a more homogeneous appearance to the terrace.
== Talbot Cottages today ==
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