Old Ballymun Roundabout, Old Garage, And Underground Steps at the Towers and more VIDEO HD

Old Video clips of Ballymun Roundabout, old Garage at shopping Centre, Old Orange CIE Bus ETC put togehter with Music

[@i.mar.6563]

The Ballymun I knew and loved, I grew up in Balcurris gardens, from Feb 67-Sep-81 I loved everyday of every month of every year, And the community was special ,neighbors the best you could ask for, Balcurris 77-83 was the best times, and Shangan ,but late 70's everyone around Ballymun would be up in Balcurris all along the first block. Always something to do summer spring winter or fall. Never a dull moment in the Mun. Now It's like some foreign place the way they replaced the flats.

[@seanandunne4857]

Lived in Ballymun in the 90s. This video looks like Utopian society compared to the kip I grew up in. Drugs ruined the place. But one thing I did remember was the close knit community my Mum had in her company. Some great characters! As a kid, the place was dog eat dog world and sometimes feel I was lucky to get out alive as so many of my friends did not.

[@rich9697]

I grew up there in the 70's and yes it became a very dangerous place. I left in 78/9 but went back for a year in the 90's. For all the bad there were some amazing people but yes definitely dog eat dog.

[@smilemum]

Great video thank you it was brilliant growing up in ballymum back then.

[@Beaverbush1969]

It has great memories for me as I lived on sillouge road from 1970 to 1975 and then moved to cairn court where I was friends with Joseph o neill and his sister eileen , I left there in 1978 and always wondered what happened to them.

[@paulmcglue5371]

I am guessing that the video was aroud 70 to 73, anyone got a date on this.

[@thomasburke2683]

​@@paulmcglue5371 some of the cars only dated from early seventies, and were unlikely to be brand new, so a bit later. The orange (or biscuit yellow) livery on the C class bus only started about 1974. The driver is collecting the fares as the passengers boarded. I don't know when exactly this started on buses in Dublin city services, but it followed many years of dispute, (younger viewers will not remember when buses were operated by two men, a driver and a conductor). The bus does a good speed around the roundabout, no speed humps then, nor traffic congestion in Ballymun.

[@gloriarooney7201]

Right up to the late 80s there were bus conductors

[@bigmartin]

Great theme music, really nice. Great video too

[@Dee1969-h7j]

The good oul days ❤

[@gavingirl2011]

I'm from ballymun I remember the old garage barely thought it was a dream lol lovely video x

[@james-EiRE]

ah love it, great place...balcurris rd....

[@diamondnicola8789]

once I life there so sad to see it when it's gone

[@rcfanaticdublin]

any one remember bunkin on the old open back bus into town after school back in the 1970's?

[@KellyCoyne-iu7fu]

God looks old , time flys

[@ellamooney9765]

Just seen my old flat thier the good days

[@stephenfreshbananas2457]

The good ol days :)

[@damiendaly983]

Lived in balcurriss gardens from 69 to 81 and remember going into super Quinn as kid and robbing chocolate got caught and me da nearly killed me hahaha great memories we were no 11 in the gardens the dalys

[@JANER64]

Thanks for the upload.

[@pondfrog6484]

At 1.19 to 1.22 a young Larry Mullen from U2 getting on the bus after scoring !

[@stephenfreshbananas2457]

Go on the Johnner, Ballymun Pigeon club, shangan road (the flats) now poppintree /belclare

[@pauliecash266]

great post , thanks mate

[@the_padzer3456]

Does anyone know when the roundabout was demolished?

[@sorchaglackin]

Hi Jono, I am working on a documentary and was hoping to find out where you sourced some of this footage. What is the best way to contact you?

[@Tricia46431]

Loved the clips but hate the music! I lived in Balbutcher lane and had a sister oin Sillouge, loved my time there in late 70's.

[@ironbull8256]

Ballymunners Rob yer runner's!

[@joemac8998]

most of this vid is from a short film made in the eighties not all locals a lot of actors at bus stop guy on steps at the back of the towers is an actor so put up real clips not movie clips changed to b/w and make out it's original footage.