14 Henrietta St

"On the north side of the River Liffey, Henrietta Street is Dublin’s earliest Georgian Street, its houses built for barons, viscounts, lords and earls. A fascinating spot, it still has its cobbled surface, and often features as a backdrop for films and TV shows – including Albert Nobbs and Foyle's War. Numbers 9 and 10 are particularly grand, designed by Edward Lovett Pearce for Luke Gardiner, the 1st Viscount Mountjoy in 1735. As the fortunes of Dublin declined in the 1800s, contrasts in the city’s wealth became ever more marked. At 14 Henrietta Street, you can visit a museum dedicated to remembering the lives of those who lived in the city’s infamous tenements. By 1911, more than 800 people were living in poverty in just fifteen houses; some houses on the street were still in use as tenements, right up to the 1970s. At the top of the street is the King’s Inns Law Library, built just as the Georgian era was coming to a close."