Ruth McManus is an associate professor in Geography and associate dean for Teaching & Learning at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU. Her recent books include the second edition of Dublin 1910- 1940, shaping the city and suburbs (2021), and (with Joseph Brady) Building healthy homes, Dublin Corporation's first housing schemes 1880- 1920 (2021). Joseph Brady is an urban geographer who specializes in the study of the growth and development of Dublin and who has published extensively on the topic. A particular research interest is the provision of social housing in the twentieth century.