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Brendan Behan, the writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, was aged 3 on the Irish Free State 1926 census. His family lived in one room at 14 Russell Street, near Mountjoy Square in a house owned by his grandmother, Christine English.
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The author William Butler Yeats, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, appears on the 1926 Irish Free State Census and is aged 60. nationalarchives.ie/collections/... #census1926 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

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Great to see property owners in parts of Athlone, Drogheda, Dundalk, Letterkenny, and Sligo are now eligible for tax relief to refurbish or convert buildings.

๐Ÿ”—www.derelictsites.com/c-Useful-Links-and-Grant...

#DerelictIreland

4 days ago 2 2 0 0
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For anyone interested, Iโ€™ve added Kilkenny County Council derelict sites to my DerelictSites website.

8.0 Kilkenny County Council
๐Ÿ”—www.derelictsites.com/8-0-Kilkenny-City-Counci...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

1 week ago 6 4 0 0
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For anyone interested, Iโ€™ve added Longford County Council derelict sites to my DerelictSites website.

10.0 Longford County Council
๐Ÿ”—www.derelictsites.com/10-0-Longford-County-Cou...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

1 week ago 2 4 0 0
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For anyone interested, Iโ€™ve added Monaghan County Council derelict sites to my DerelictSites website

12.0 Monaghan County Council โ€” Derelict Site Register

๐Ÿ”—www.derelictsites.com/12-0-Monaghan-Derelict-S...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

2 weeks ago 4 3 0 0
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People keep asking what supports are available if you are thinking of tackling a vacant or derelict property.

So I put together this handy guide to useful links, grants, and supports in Ireland.

๐Ÿ‘‰ www.derelictsites.com/c-Useful-Lin...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Ireland

2 weeks ago 5 3 0 0
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It's so frustrating to see another record of over 17,300 people in emergency accommodation last month, including 5,457 children. We need urgent action to prevent evictions and expand housing supply, and we can start by utilising the 17,000 vacant houses. #HousingCrisis #Ireland

3 weeks ago 0 0 0 0
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For anyone interested, Iโ€™ve added Laois County Council derelict sites to my DerelictSites website, including market valuations and dates, maps, a dashboard, and galleries.

6.0 Laois County Council โ€” Derelict Site Register
www.derelictsites.com/6-0-Laois-Co...

#DerelictIreland

3 weeks ago 5 0 0 1
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For those interested, Iโ€™ve just added Waterford City and County Council derelict sites to my DerelictSites website.

๐Ÿ”—www.derelictsites.com/10-0-Waterford-City-and-...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
#Waterford #Ireland

4 weeks ago 8 2 1 2
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The Housing Crisis we're experiencing could have been prevented 53 years ago if we had implemented the 1973 Kenny Report, which would have prevented land speculation and land hoarding.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

1 month ago 7 3 0 0
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For those interested, I've just added the Sligo County Council Derelict Site Register page to my Derelictsites website.

๐Ÿ”—9.0 Sligo County Council โ€” Derelict Site Register
www.derelictsites.com/9-0-Sligo-Co...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
#VacantIreland #Sligo #Ireland #Maps

1 month ago 2 1 0 0
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For those interested, I've just added the Sligo County Council Derelict Site Register page to my Derelictsites website.

๐Ÿ”—9.0 Sligo County Council โ€” Derelict Site Register
www.derelictsites.com/9-0-Sligo-Co...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
#VacantIreland #Sligo #Ireland #Maps

1 month ago 2 3 0 0
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For those interested, I've just added the Fingal County Council Derelict Site Register page to my Derelictsites website.

๐Ÿ”—4.0 Fingal County Council โ€” Derelict Site Register
www.derelictsites.com/4-0-Fingal-C...

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#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

1 month ago 6 2 0 0
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This is Derelict Ireland looks like in 2026 with the number of people in state-funded emergency accommodation in Ireland reached a record high of 17,112, including 5,319 children.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Dublin #Ireland

1 month ago 10 3 0 0
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For those interested, I've just added the Galway City Council Derelict Site Register page to my Derelictsites website.

๐Ÿ”—4.0 Galway City Council โ€” Derelict Site Register
www.derelictsites.com/4-0-Galway-C...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

1 month ago 5 1 0 0
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For those interested, Iโ€™ve just added Cork City derelict site market valuations and dates to my DerelictSites website, and Iโ€™ve also added a new Derelict Dashboard page.

๐Ÿ”—www.derelictsites.com/2-0-Cork-City-Council-De...

#DerelictIreland

1 month ago 11 3 0 1
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For those interested, Iโ€™ve just added Dublin City derelict site market valuations and dates to my DerelictSites website.

๐Ÿ”—www.derelictsites.com/3-0-Dublin-City-Council-...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

1 month ago 11 7 1 1
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Dublin City Council could raise about โ‚ฌ11.9 million by applying a 7% levy to the 140 derelict sites currently on the Derelict Sites Register.

๐Ÿ”—www.derelictsites.com/3-0-Dublin-City-Council-...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #Dublin

1 month ago 11 5 1 0
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It's so frustrating to see yet another new record: 17,112 people, including 11,793 adults and 5,319 children accessed emergency accommodation in January, while there are over 160,000 empty houses and 20,000 derelict houses in Ireland.๐Ÿ˜ก
#DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis

1 month ago 13 8 0 0
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For those interested, I've just added the Wexford County Council Derelict Site Register page to my derelictsites.com website.๐Ÿš๏ธ

๐Ÿ”—7.0 Wexford County Council โ€” Derelict Site Register
www.derelictsites.com/7-0-Wexford-...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
#VacantIreland #Wexford #Ireland #Maps

1 month ago 5 3 0 0
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For those interested, I've just added the Mayo Council Derelict Site Register page to my derelictsites.com website.๐Ÿš๏ธ

๐Ÿ”—6.0 Mayo County Council โ€” Derelict Site Register
derelictsites.com/6-0-Mayo-Cou...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
#VacantIreland #Mayo #Ireland

1 month ago 2 2 0 0
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For those interested, I've just added the Louth County Council Derelict Site Register page to my derelictsites.com website.๐Ÿš๏ธ

๐Ÿ”—5.0 Louth County Council โ€” Derelict Site Register
www.derelictsites.com/5-0-Louth-Co...

#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland
#VacantIreland #Louth #Ireland

1 month ago 8 3 0 0
Cos this is how you act in an emergency of your own deliberate creation

Cos this is how you act in an emergency of your own deliberate creation

Cos this is how you act in a housing emergency of your own deliberate creation

#speirgorm

1 month ago 43 19 4 3
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Just to let everyone know, my Derelict Sites website www.derelictsites.com is now live.

2 months ago 7 3 0 0
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Thanks Frank, just to let everyone know, my Derelict Sites website www.derelictsites.com is now live.

2 months ago 12 7 0 0
Just chat to @robcross247.bsky.social 

He has already done the work for you

So no more excuses, time to get on with charging the derelict property tax & ending this social crime 

#DerelictIreland

Just chat to @robcross247.bsky.social He has already done the work for you So no more excuses, time to get on with charging the derelict property tax & ending this social crime #DerelictIreland

Just chat to @robcross247.bsky.social

He has already done the work for you

So no more excuses, time to get on with charging the derelict property tax & ending this social crime

#DerelictIreland

2 months ago 45 23 2 3
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Today's Trinity College 22,000-strong student body is roughly comparable to, or could exceed, the entire population of Dublin City at the time Trinity opened in 1592.
๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ John Speed's map of Dublin City published in 1611. Trinity College (12 on the map).
#Dublin #History

2 months ago 10 6 0 0
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A solution for Enniscorthy flooding. ๐Ÿค”
๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ #AI

2 months ago 0 0 0 0
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Just add a few curves ๐Ÿค”
People generally prefer curved buildings over harsh, angular, rectilinear designs.
#Dublin

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