Exercise of authority : surveyor Thomas Owen and the paving, cleansing and lighting of Georgian Dublin / Finnian Ó Cionnaith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ó Cionnaith, Finnian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dublin (Ireland)--History--18th century.

Dublin (Ireland).

Ireland--Dublin.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 143 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Manufacture:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Dublin City Council, 2015.

Summary:

From the 1770s to the mid-nineteenth century the commissioners for paving the streets of Dublin were responsible for the paving, lighting and cleansing of the capital. Granted sweeping powers by the Irish parliament, this organisation tackled problems still familiar to modern Dubliners. They attempted to stamp Georgian conformity and order on a city trying to shake its medieval image and move into the modern world. The legacy of the Paving Board can still be seen today in the setts and granite curbstones which can be found in Dublin's historic core. This book focuses on the first formative fifteen years of the Board from the viewpoint of one of its most important officers, surveyor Thomas Owen. Exercise of Authority is the second in a new series of books issued by Dublin City Council to explore the engineering history and heritage of the city.

Contents:

1 The origins of the Dublin Paving Board (1774) 7

2 Paving Dublin's streets (1774-82) 26

3 A new beginning (1782-4) 64

4 Another new beginning (1784-7) 77

5 Into the nineteenth century (1787-1849) 106.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-131) and index.

ISBN:

9781907002304

9781907002236

1907002235

1907002308

OCLC:

948514200

Publisher Number:

99968461663