Chisellers – Childhood in Dublin through the Centuries

View images from the Chisellers image gallery.

This image gallery incorporates a selection of material dealing with childhood in Dublin from the 18th century onwards.  Suggestions to improve the lot of the poor by sending ten year old boys out to work are shown side by side with informal photographs of children at play. Cosy family scenes stand in harsh contrast to the images of the regimentation in 19th century care institutions.  Health, well-being and education are the main themes of the gallery, which will be of especial interest to children themselves, underpinning the social history aspect of the Primary Level School Curriculum.

This material is taken from the Special Collections of Dublin City Public Libraries.

Also, access the image gallery of children going about their business in Dublin from the second half of the twentieth century up to the present day. These particular photographs are taken from the Dublin City Council photographic collection.