The outcome of the project will be to draw out the cultural, technical, historical, social, and recent oral histories of this overlooked place. This will contribute to a wider understanding of an important historic urban site, and recognise the cultural role this place holds in community imagination. Dublin 8, and the Liberties in particular has a multi-generational community of residents whose continued cultural heritage relies on the public infrastructure and spaces in the area which now threatened by development. Marshalsea Barracks is in a prime location and has suitable characteristics to offer a unique space for community use.
To ascertain the building condition, services present, heritage value, and historic and cultural significance to assist in the proposal of appropriate conservation measures.
To assess statutory obligations regarding the protection of the historic building fabric and its compliance with current planning, building, and health and safety regulations and standards.
To assist in the activation of the site for use by the local community as a cultural space, as part of the ongoing Reimagine Marshalsea Barracks project.
To contribute to the preservation of the intangible cultural heritage of the Liberties which is under increasing pressure in an area undergoing rapid apart-hotels and built-to-rent developments that fail to meaningfully engage with the local residents.
To establish the historic chronology of the site development, identify source material and highlight the significant gaps in research (social, architectural, historical) which require work and to set in train a process which will lead to the development of the academic project of research and in parallel its wider public dissemination.
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