Living with state dereliction in St Michael's: local community rejects privatisation of their homes - Indymedia Ireland

Living with state dereliction in St Michael's: local community rejects privatisation of their homes - Indymedia Ireland: "Originally Richmond Barracks during English rule, it was given over to the new Free State Army in 1923. In the 1940's the Army moved out and the land was given to Dublin Corporation (now Dublin City Council). Around this time the area was known as "Keogh Square", which was primarily composed of tenements, and had the name of being a slum on the city fringe"?