Iveagh Trust

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The Iveagh Trust, Bull Alley Street. Image courtesy of Eugene Langan Photography
The Edwardian buildings of The Iveagh Trust, Bull Alley Street.

The Iveagh Trust

Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, great-grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in Dublin and London
. It is not otherwise related to the brewery company.

Guinness Partnership

Iveagh Trust Act 1903
Act of Parliament
3 Edw. 7. c. iii
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Royal assent30 June 1903
Other legislation
AmendsDublin Improvement (Bull Alley Area) Act 1899
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

The

Guinness Partnership, a group of housing associations
. However, the Iveagh Trust became a separate organisation in 1903 with responsibility for activities in Ireland. It was given a statutory legal basis by the Iveagh Trust Act 1903 (
3 Edw. 7. c. iii).[1] Today it is run as a charity under Irish law and liaises with such bodies as Dublin City Council
and the Homeless Agency.

Current

In today's central Dublin several original buildings in the area of

Iveagh Market building on Francis Street. Lord Iveagh also made donations to St Patrick's Cathedral and created the St Patrick's Park gardens in 1901 between the cathedral and the Iveagh Trust buildings. Today's buildings were therefore only a part of a larger urban renewal plan, at a time when Dublin was infamous for its poverty and its unsanitary tenements.[2]

In more recent times new properties have been acquired in Hallwell in Adamstown, Clay Farm in Leopardstown, Cork Street Dublin 8, Swords and Clongriffin, and a home for the elderly at Mount Anthony in south Dublin. With new properties being built in Dolphins Barn due to begin soon. Unlike Dublin City Council's housing list based on need, the trust has aimed to create mixed communities with smaller numbers. Each estate has a resident caretaker and a formal system of elected tenants' councils to advise of complaints or problems. The CEO of The Iveagh Trust is Aidan Culhane.[citation needed]

The Trust also runs the Iveagh Hostel in central Dublin for homeless men, providing basic accommodation, meals and such facilities as a gym and an internet access room. The original 508 cubicles have been converted to 195 bedrooms. Former residents include Liam O'Flaherty after leaving the army in 1917, and Patrick Kavanagh.[1]

A former trust building for children to play in, known as "The Bayno", was closed in 1975, and now houses the Liberties College.[3]

The Museum Flat

Flat 3B on the Bull Alley Estate is the only flat in The Iveagh Trust stock which has remained largely unchanged since the first tenants took up occupancy in 1904. Following the death of the last tenant, Nellie Molloy, in 2002, Trustees decided that the flat should remain a museum – a visual reminder of flat design and of how families lived in the early days of The Iveagh Trust. Miranda, Lady Iveagh, donated the funds to purchase the content of the flat from Nellie’s family to enable this to happen. The Museum Flat is available for viewing by appointment.[4]

References

  1. ^
    Irish Times
    . 23 April 2008.
  2. ISBN 0-300-10923-7
    .
  3. ^ The Iveagh Play Centre – The Bayno Archived 2010-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, footnote at Liberties College website
  4. ^ "The Museum Flat – the Iveagh Trust".

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