Modern Housing in Dublin City, Ireland, 1969

[@noelryan6341]

I was a new graduate Psychologist in a regional city early 1970's when the blight that was the high rise flats in Ballymun etc was being highlighted. There was a very apropos cartoon in one of the newspapers (Evening Herald?) illustrating the increasing level of mental health issues from 'mild anxiety' on the ground floor level, up to 'suicidal' at the upper levels. I mentioned it to my clinical colleagues at morning tea the next day, where the Psychiatrist in charge rubbed his hands in glee pronouncing 'more work for me'! A pivotal point for a young professional with a young family. We emigrated to the other side of the world thereafter.

[@Danny-Dublin]

What a brilliant show. The level of intelligence is just astounding. People understood the social issues more than the so called planners.

[@waynemartin4881]

I think that’s my Grandmother Lucy Appleby standing beside the carousel towards the end of the film.

[@DashDrones]

Brilliant look back on why things are how they are. Once again the government making mistake after mistake..

[@tonemc6047]

It’s no mistake they are following their masters plan.

[@thet1375]

@@tonemc6047 Yep orders are to destroy Ireland. Ireland 2040 well on course.

[@paulhoye9680]

These criminals in government know what they are doing..leading up to the present...agenda 21 and agenda 2030

[@DashDrones]

@@paulhoye9680 for some reason I can't see your reply 😢

[@paulhoye9680]

@@DashDrones I can

[@lauraleogue414]

They felt socially isolated and excluded...ripe conditions for the heroin pushers that flooded the area some years later.

[@brendakenny8580]

absolutely agree , so many young people abandoned

[@MollyLee9688]

Don't forget the priest's poxy government

[@tristanuaceithearnaigh7660]

Interestingly these interviews of Social workers and architects warned of the design and placement of the Ballymun towers and the adverse social effects they would bring, and prophetically opinioned at their demise. 35 years later , the Ballymun towers were earmarked for demolition.

[@FinbarrAnderson]

Lovely to see Ivor brown, i remember that time well.

[@Del-yv1qy]

And the same ole saga rolls on and on.....

[@i.marr.6688]

Growing up In Ballymun was great, The things we'd do for a laugh, like getting on top of the lifts the ones In the towers were the best going up and lowering your head thinking you're going to hit it, In Winter the undergrounds would have buckets of water throwing on them so next day they'd freeze and everyone would be sliding down ,then ice hockey on the roads using a can and any sort of stick, The summer you'd lie on the greens around the Mun, looking back now there was so much green IDK why the press called it a "Concrete Jungle" There was loads of green, then the forest In Santry and the seven pitches, In the 70's up past the seven pitches there was a place called Knoxy Dan, It was like in the middle of the country, I had the best childhood and friends In Ballymun, sadly many have passed away but the memories will live forever😅😅💚🤍🧡

[@GiGiGoesShopping]

Gone are the sweet days when babies could be left in a pram for a short while. I gather that was an accepted norm and no harm or fright was ever thought of.

[@staffy4389]

Nice one 👍 . Have to forward to my granddaughter's.

[@HerFatherDidntLikeMe]

At 12 minutes 44 seconds there's some footage of houses being built. They resemble Millbrook Lawns in Tallaght.

[@marymary5494]

It is interesting in the 40 years I had been visiting this Island and 22 years I’ve been living here individualism is something I’ve seen very little of.

[@deeppurple883]

Seventy year's living someone else's dream. The people have to have a say in how their community is designed. They are going to be there for at least fifty years. Irish men and woman shout from the rooftops we matter. ✌️☘️

[@malahammer]

lol ......ya big drama queen!

[@Ireland2016]

Irish mammys salt of the earth ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Dubjaxfilms]

A very good documentary, ahead of it's time. Sadly, it seems, lessons have not been learnt.

[@waitwhatrly]

Kellogs cornflakes are now a luxury item

[@malahammer]

No they're not......ya big drama queen!

[@peterlarkin762]

To be fair Kellogs products are hugely overpriced.

[@electricrussellette]

14:17 "People want to be individuals". My God you almost never hear that sentiment anymore. Everybody wants to identify as part of their tribe these days.

[@peppiping]

I pretty much see the opposite. I think everyone is way more individualistic nowadays.

[@electricrussellette]

@@peppiping I suppose it depends on where you live, but all I see are people desperate to find a comfortable community of like-minded people (a veritable echo-chamber), rather than challenging themselves to live by their own volition and values.

[@peppiping]

@@electricrussellette Yeah I partially get where you're coming from but theres nothing wrong with a feeling of belonging in a community.

[@gumis123PL]

yes yes lets all become atomized individuals. forget your heritage and culture. become rebels and refuse to conform. Yes, live by your own volition and values (that you probably learned from overseas through some indoctrination anyway)

[@peppiping]

@@gumis123PL youve certainly hit the nail on the head when it comes to globalism

[@brianconnolly9783]

Hi, my name is Brian Connolly. I'm helping put together a documentary in Dublin. This footage is amazing. Would it be okay if I include a few seconds of this in the documentary please?

[@MollyLee9688]

Your allowed 30 seconds as far as lm as where?

[@jinxterx]

Nothing's changed.

[@caimin15221522]

This is exactly what Eavan Boland was writing about

[@seanmaher7733]

Nothing's changed and nothing ever will. Successive govts. have spectacularly failed in prioritising their electorates needs.

[@sofiabravo1994]

lol less births actually @silksonic3927

[@lukekelly9616]

Unless you're a foreign immigrant.

[@GirGir183]

3:28 dear god, look at that thing.

[@scarletred8888]

Very negative tone overall in this documentary, beginning with the RTE narrator sounding so horrified at the living conditions of the proletariat! The women seemed to be complaining more about the boring aspects of full time motherhood , feeling a bit overwhelmed, yes, it can be boring at times. The people in the corporation houses probably came from inner city Dublin lively communities, so the isolation for them in a uniform, newly built estate was palpable, the man was doing a lot of complaining! The woman in the nice middle class home (with a PHONE!!) sounded more rural and was missing the open space, but her house and garden were lovely if you ask me. These housing options are simply not available for most young people nowadays, by comparison, these people did really well and have decent homes to bring up their families in, although Ballymun Towers were a disaster socially, the others were grand.

[@az55544]

Motherhood is always boring and lonely, no matter socioeconomic status. I’d have stuck forks in my eyes had I had children. So I didn’t.

[@scarletred8888]

@@az55544 I didn’t find motherhood boring and lonely at all - it opened a new chapter in my life that brought new friends and a whole different perspective- yes there were times when there was a repetitive element to it but that’s the same with most jobs -

[@michaelcollins237]

RTE has always been a voice for England not Eire

[@trishloughman5998]

@@scarletred8888 odd that they didn't mention many women had to give up their jobs when they married. The 'good old days'.

[@mcmurder8835]

Thats Ireland for ya. Green space as far as the eye can see, but we all live on top of each other - and pay hard for the privilege.

[@seandelap6268]

No housing for Irish today but plenty of housing for the 3rd world population it seems.

[@Ross-nd6xi]

And what 3rd world population is getting all the social housing. Do you have sources for your claim?

[@Ross-nd6xi]

@@tonemc6047 I'm a culchie, I live in dublin. I see a government ran by rich elites that do not build social housing, sure. But I fail to see how these elites are giving "non whites" all the social housing. The simple fact is the capitalist landlords profit off not building social housing. They also profit off exploiting cheap labour, be it irish or foreign. But its not some conspiracy theory to force irish people to ride non whites. Occams razor. If you can show me that the reason homeless people are increasing in dublin is because foreigners are taking all the gaffs rather than the actual reality which is the government doesn't give a fuck about building houses AT ALL, I'd be inclined to see your viewpoint.

[@Ross-nd6xi]

@@thet1375 we never "had" ireland. The working class in this country has always been exploited. The idea that this is somehow new is shocking. I'd be more worried that billionaries like o brien siphon billions off us than the fact a few thousand Brazilians live in dublin.

[@Ross-nd6xi]

@@thet1375 and what is the far right solution? Ban American companies? "Buy irish"? You are not going to escape capitalisg enslavement to big companies by simply saying "we should have irish businesses and irish people working for the irish billionaires" your solution would still have homeless people on the streets , the exploitation would just be done by irish billionaries instead.

[@veronicaevans8134]

National Party

[@Carma123]

I’d rather be a house wife raising my own children instead of handing them off to a foreigner to raise and sitting in an office cubicle.

[@TheGiggadude]

^ bait account

[@Carma123]

@@TheGiggadude whatever 😂

[@laetitialogan2002]

Yes indeed..and worn to the bone from trying to do it all

[@trishloughman5998]

because 'foreigners' eat children.

[@user-cy4vw1qj9m]

So many highrise apartments again now. What are they doing to our cities.

[@Alphae21]

where

[@user-cy4vw1qj9m]

@@Alphae21 Dublin and other Irish cities.

[@Alphae21]

@@user-cy4vw1qj9m i don't see many in dublin

[@user-cy4vw1qj9m]

@@Alphae21 There enough of them to take the character out of the city. Maybe not Trump's Towers height ect but enough of them in fact too many.

[@Alphae21]

@@user-cy4vw1qj9m that's not true. it's actually the opposite in real life, according to developers. i get the feeling you just want to complain about something.

[@marymary5494]

Leaving babies outside while go into the shop. 😮

[@Carma123]

What do the demographics in this town look like now?

[@TheGiggadude]

C.L. your such a bait account, your all over everything remotely political, spouting shit to get right wingers going

[@Carma123]

@@TheGiggadude what? You’re delusional.

[@Carma123]

@@TheGiggadude baiting what for who?

[@MollyLee9688]

Ahhh sure the priests were ran out of the housing estates. Ballymun very nostalgic because everyone went there B4 they saved to buy a home 🏡 👏

[@franceslynch8815]

Good lovely people and their children destroyed by those who were paid by their taxes. The influx of drugs was known to the Irish government in the 60s. The drugs alleviated terrible mental and harsh physical living conditions and also created many employment opportunities for the Guards, Mental health workers, Prison Staff and those in Law.

[@az55544]

And if hadn’t of had any children, you could have worked and paid your own way. Wow!

[@krugerfuchs]

And that's why you had 2 to be housed over others

[@joyb5525]

Nothing has changed except now Irish people cant get any housing unless you are a couple on E150,000 pa. Or you land from anywhere and you get everything. Ah the old days. We sure didn't see this hell coming 😂

[@lela7613]

And nothing has changed doing the same thing over and over again 🤦‍♀️

[@markalexwhite]

Blessing themselves passing a church on the bus! Iosa Chriost!!!

[@carmelcrowley158]

What a great insight into how life was like in 1969. Sadly now it's never mind the Irish way of life, it's the same old story, no possibility. No offence but our people are asked to be squeezed even further. A Christian community. Now, 14 thousand Irish people, homeless. Yet we are expected to take care of people beyond our pale. Sorry, I'm not racist, I just believe our native heritage was hard won

[@missadda8890]

Delusional bunch if you want a bungalow with a stable overlooking a river so you can be happy and flourish then acquire more skills or a better education if you get social housing then be grateful your fellow citizen is supporting you and stop this ranting on and on see your situation for what it is and change it if it is not to your liking this Nanny State mentality has got to go.

[@margaretsmith7712]

Heart of gold,May God bless you...

[@parsonk4041]

Easy to say when living in a developing country like Ireland was at the time. There wasn't much opportunity around

[@amplep1913]

Where are your Full Stops ? Ranting on paper, in an endless sentence, instead of many sentences, indicated by Full Stops, like those individuals you accuse of ranting .

[@helendeegan1591]

I find your comment very offensive. That woman in Ballymun had two children and her husband was working shift work and paying taxes and rent. She probably had rented a flat in the private sector before moving to Ballymun. Also the man from Ballyfermot was a painter who went to work on the bus every day and paid taxes. In what way is their fellow citizen supporting them? There are small farmers living in rural Ireland who are well provided for by the city tax payer, as Dublin supposedly carries 90% of the country. All they know about taxes is how to fill in a form for a grant which oft times is acquired through political know how. They also receive health benefits and care and small farmers' dole. The woman in the private house - her feelings were the same as the people in state housing, she felt isolated. This documentary was to high light how people felt although they lived in close proximity, they still felt isolated.

[@michaelcollins237]

Joining thee EU was a big mistake

[@jaws6869]

Of course it was, sure it was great fun being broke and unemployed.

[@samnicholson5051]

We weren't in the EU then

[@zyxw2024]

Where would 🇮🇪 be without the 🇪🇺?

[@trishloughman5998]

not a mistake for ireland. It dragged us into the 20th century. Look at the state of Britain since they made the genius decision to leave.

[@jackjames3190]

My dad was going mad say Ming “why did the Irish spend 400 years trying to get rid of the English only to throw ourselves way to the french and germans who we have even LESS in common with ?!” We just laughed at him and of course NOW we wished we’d heeded him

[@liam.4454]

They built all those, so the asians could have somewhere nice to live 50 years later