One-room tenements were typically located in urban districts; however, they were also located in rural districts, mostly situated close to the Atlantic seaboard (See Table 1.1).
The interactive DED map displays the distribution of one room-tenements per 100 houses inhabited across the Island of Ireland (See Map 1.1). The darker colour in the map represents higher concentrations of one-room tenements.
Dublin City was the district with the highest number of one-room tenements. There were 60 tenements per 100 houses inhabited there and 23% of the population of Dublin City lived in such dwellings. There were 21,133 one-room tenements in Dublin City, and five of them had 12 or more people living in one room (See Table 1.2 and Map 1.2).
There were 13 one-room tenements per 100 houses inhabited in Cork urban district and 4.8% of the population lived in such dwellings. There were 1,511 tenements in total located there (See Table 1.3 and Map 1.3).
There were 17 one-room tenements per 100 houses inhabited in Limerick City and 8% of the population lived in such dwellings. There were 1,005 tenements and one of them had 12 people or more living there (See Table 1.4 and Map 1.4).
There were 8 one-room tenements per 100 houses inhabited in Galway urban district and 4.6% of the population lived in such dwellings. There was a total of 186 one-room tenements (See Table 1.5 and Map 1.5).