March 8, by Donal. Grafton Street, c. Dublin furnishes an exception to the usual practice in the UK. In earlier decades,and in particular throughout the s and s, Grafton Street and its environs was regarded as a centre of prostitution in the city. This was found very successful in Sackville Street during last summer, and I have no doubt we shall soon be free of these social pests, and can again escort our wives and daughters through one of our finest streets. Certainly, there were two very different versions of Grafton Street.
It is the fashionable shopping street. Equipages in the very perfection of good taste may be seen in long lines at both sides of the street in front of the principal shops. Dozens upon dozens of females belonging to that class truly designated unfortunate, the majority of them not eighteen years of ageβ¦. The sheer number of women working in Dublin in this period as prostitutes was quite remarkable.
Take this table from Joseph V. In for example, London witnessed 2, arrests for prostitution, Manchester 1, and Dublin 3, From Joseph V. But, should it be surprising? The area was far enough from respectable eyes to enable the containment of prostitution away from upper and middle-class residential districts.
From the s, there was no shortage of powers available to the police to shut down brothels and arrest their occupants.
Posted in Dublin History 4 Comments. Indeed, and I agree! Hence the quotations. While perhaps not the as infamous as it would later become it was a far from wealthy area, the [β¦]. Comments RSS. Click on the book for more. Email Address:. Create a free website or blog at WordPress. Come Here To Me! Feeds: Posts Comments. An Unusual Prisoner Β». Share this:. Like Loading Leave a comment Cancel reply.
