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Ballymun

Home Sweet Home

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Home Sweet Home features the lives of people in the Balbutcher Lane flat complex in Ballymun. Prior to the formal regeneration plan for Ballymun in 1997, the Balbutcher Lane complex had been refurbished and renewed at significant expense, with improved security, landscaping and access to communal play areas for children. Years later, the residents of […]
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Ballymun

Demolition of Ballymun Towers

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As part of a regeneration programme in 2004 and 2005, demolitions took place of three of Ballymun’s residential blocks: the Thomas McDonagh tower, the Patrick Pearse tower, and the Seán MacDermott tower. The footage also depicts community events held to coincide with the demolitions, including performances by rapper Tommy Kiernan Dunne, Finbar Furey of The […]
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Government Announces Proposed Demolition of Ballymun Flat Complex

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This footage depicts a meeting between representatives of Ireland’s coalition government, representatives from community development bodies in Ballymun, and local activists. During the meeting Brendan Howlin, then Minister for the Environment, announces that the government has agreed to accept and expand Dublin Corporation’s proposal for the demolition of the remaining tower blocks in Ballymun, equating […]
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Kay

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Kay is a short documentary that explores the artistic approach and paintings of Kay Lavelle, a sixth-year pupil at Sion Hill, one of Ireland’s oldest all girls’ secondary schools in County Dublin. The film follows the student as she paints on Killiney strand with beachgoers and fishermen and at the school’s art studio. Sister Maureen […]
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Roll 16 – Anne’s third birthday, et al.

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This silent amateur film captures family moments over several occasions, from airport greetings to birthday celebrations. Children and adults alike enjoy playing by a pond in a lush garden and a day out to Glendalough, County Wicklow, where everyone enjoys a picnic. The filmmaker, Beres Laidlaw, regularly documented her four daughters in home movies and […]
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The Seventh Day

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The Seventh Day is a stop-motion animation depicting the dawn of time in the Big Bang and the gradual evolution of the concept of time, through images of hourglasses, clock faces and time-based mechanisms like cogs and pulleys. Eventually, time becomes so omnipotent that humans become time-based mechanisms themselves, harassed and harried across the screen […]
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Roll 21: Achill, 1969

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Roll 21: Achill, 1969 is a visually engaging film which depicts scenery and panoramas of Achill Island, County Mayo. Cinematic footage of waterfalls, forests, cliffs, fishermen on a beach, and a 1960s church near Letterfrack, County Galway, are included. The filmmaker’s keen interest in framing and narrative techniques is evident. Shots of a friend driving […]
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Up the Canal

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This short film explores how the Grand Canal in Dublin has changed over the years. The voiceover provided by Irish novelist, short story writer and humourist John D. Sheridan, notes how methods of transport have changed and how fewer boats and barges now use the waterway. The aural memories are illustrated by poetic footage of […]
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Ballymun

Scéal na Laoch

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The speed at which the Ballymun residential complex was built meant that early residents found themselves in a space with very few civic amenities: no public transport, no health services, no shops, and for a period no local schools. This documentary details the establishment of Scoil an tSeachtar Laoch (‘School of the Seven Heroes’) between […]
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Ballymun

The 4th Act

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Directed by Ballymun native Turlough Kelly, The 4th Act is an acclaimed documentary with a unique insight into the legacy of the 18-year social regeneration project of Ballymun. Filming began when Kelly made contact with the remaining two residents living in Plunkett Tower, which was the last of Ballymun’s seven high-rise towers to be demolished. From […]
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Ballymun

Summer Buzz

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A collection of lively footage from July 2003, documenting Ballymun Regional Youth Resource’s Summer Buzz programme for 12 to 18–year–olds; featuring over fifty events each week. Footage includes outings to local and regional areas, hill walking, music and dance classes, horse riding, boat trips, computer training, pool, wall climbing and much more.    To view more […]
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Ballymun Rap & Rave

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This short documentary depicts the importance of music in the lives of young people in Ballymun, highlighting the broad appeal of rap and rave music. The footage features interviews with three young musicians from the area: rapper Daniel McDonnell (credited here as ‘Danny Pepper’ who would later go by Lunitic), Gavin Ward, and Mikey Mooney.  This […]
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