Have your say...

Dublin City Council invite you to make a submission regarding any issues you may have in relation to accessibility at Pembroke Library. Plans regarding proposed adjustments will be on view in the library from end-October.

Note: The deadline for submissions has now passed. No further submissions will be received except for those given at the public consultation meeting on the 28th November (see below)

Submissions may be made:-

VIA THE "MAKE A SUBMISSION" link below (by 24th November 2006)
OR

IN WRITING (by 24th November 2006) to:
Angela Cassidy, Dublin City Public Libraries, Administrative HQ., 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
OR

BY E-MAIL (by 24th November 2006) to: angela.cassidy@dublincity.ie
OR

BY ATTENDING A PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETING on Tuesday 28th November 2006 from 6.00pm to 8.00pm in the Conference Room, Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.

About the Process

Pembroke Library, a branch library of Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive, is located on Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, close to the junction with Merrion Road facing the River Dodder. It is on a very confined site adjacent to Pembroke town hall and the R.D.S.

Under the Disability Act 2005, Local Authorities are required to promote and facilitate universal access to all public spaces, buildings and services under their control. As part of this process each authority must carry out an accessibility audit of such public buildings and spaces in order to identify what action is necessary to make them accessible for people with disabilities. In tandem with this each authority should consult with the public and organisations representing people with disabilities in order to take account of their views and requirements.
As part of this process, interested parties are invited to make submissions regarding accessibility and Pembroke Library.

Proposed Plans

The proposed plans will be on view in the library from end-October 2006. To give you some idea as to what is envisaged, extracts from the proposed plans can be viewed here. These are proposals only, following an audit that was carried out; the final plans will only be decided following this consultation process.

All plans will be subject to the normal planning process.

Right: Map showing library location (click image to enlarge)






Right: Proposed ground floor alterations (click image to enlarge)

Download PDF version of proposed ground floor plan (83kb) - allows greater enlargement of plan facilitating easier viewing




Right: Proposed first floor alterations (click image to enlarge)

Download PDF version of proposed first floor plan (79kb) - allows greater enlargement of plan facilitating easier viewing

History of Pembroke Library

The library was built in 1927, fitted out and opened to the public in 1929; the building is not at present listed, but is intended to be in the near future.

The Library was built by the Pembroke Urban District Council (this ceased to exist in 1930 when it was incorporated into Dublin Corporation) on part of the site occupied by Pembroke Town Hall.

Pembroke Library was designed by architect W.H Hendy of Kaye Parry and Ross, Kildare St Dublin, and constructed by G & T Crampton Building Contractors.

The library was funded by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust (this allocated funds donated by Andrew Carnegie 1835 – 1919 a Scottish / American Industrialist, who funded sixty six libraries in Ireland, and approximately 2,500 throughout the World) and it was the last such library to be built in Ireland.

The first Librarian was Irish short story writer Frank O'Connor.