Its original name was The Iveagh Trust Play Centre and it was also opened by Edward Cecil Guinness. The children went to school in Francis Street and went to the ‘Bayno’, a play centre, right in the heart of the Liberties. All six children slept in one bedroom, their parents in the second bedroom – an insight into Irish life in the 1900s. A standing piano in the living room, the heart of a musical family, was often used for sing-songs and dances in the flat. Flower-patterned wallpaper and dark wooden furniture fill the house with nostalgia. Crosses and holy portraits adorn the walls. Ireland’s religious heritage is evident from the holy statues occupying the corners of each room. When The Iveagh Trust offered to modernise the flat and provide internal bathroom facilities, Nellie always politely declined – deciding to keep it as her family had.Īll six children slept in one bedroom, their parents in the second bedroom – an insight into Irish life in the 1900s Outside on the landing is a communal sink, bathroom, and storage. There was no running water or toilet in the flat. The gas lamps remain and even the cups still hang in the press. The living room/kitchen area still has the original range for cooking and heating the flat. Everything is preserved exactly how it was. Walking into the flat is like entering a time capsule. Nellie never wanted it to change, and flat 3B still remains the same to this day. Arrival guide for international studentsĪs the flats became vacant, some were modernised.Coworking & Enterprise Centres in Dublin.Public and private healthcare in Ireland.
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