The Liberties is an area in central Dublin, Ireland, located in the southwest of the inner city. Formed from various areas of special manorial jurisdiction, separate from the main city government, it is one of Dublin's most historic working class neighbourhoods. The area was traditionally associated with the River Poddle, market traders and local family-owned businesses, as well as the Guinness brewery, whiskey distilling, and, historically, the textiles industry and tenement housing.
Clockwise from top: The Cornmarket area near Thomas Street; a Reginald Street Catholic emancipation memorial that once housed a tribute to Queen Victoria; shops and bars on Thomas Street
Typical brick housing, displaying Lady on the Rock figurines
Thomas House, Thomas Street
Butchers in The Liberties
The Meath Hospital was a general hospital in the Earl of Meath's Liberty in Dublin, Ireland. It was absorbed into the Tallaght Hospital in June 1998.
Meath Hospital, now a respite home