Turkish baths for animals

Dublin: Lincoln Place

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Turkish baths for horses and animals

What we know so far

These baths were part of Dr Richard Barter's flagship Turkish baths in Lincoln Place. The building's façade was the first example of Islamic-style architecture in Dublin, but the Turkish Bath for Horses and Other Animals was at the rear, and had its own entrance.

The dates in the above chronology are those relating to the whole establishment. However, while we have not yet found any evidence to indicate how long the baths for animals remained open, they may possibly have done so at least until the baths changed hands in 1881.

When the Turkish baths opened, the inclusion of baths for horses and other animals prompted a critic of the building to suggest that,

Possibly we may hear by-and-by of elderly maiden ladies availing themselves of the system in restoring to convalescence their pet 'tabbies' and 'poodles to whom the chibouk and shampooing process will prove rather a novelty!

This page last modified 02 January 2023

This account should be treated as work in progress. Further research is needed to find out about how the baths were used, how long they survived, and why their ownership changed so soon after they were opened.

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Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline

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