Daniel St Ledger writes:
“Here are some shots of O’Devaney Gardens in Dublin 7.
Your readers might like to see, after 50 years, the last block of flats are being knocked down, to make way for new development, some say a land grab?
End of an era really.”
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Thank fupping christ
well there’s a neat historical irony. O’Devaney Gardens is named after Bishop O’Devaney, executed in Arbor Hill in the 17th century for being a Catholic. Daniel’s ancestors, the St. Ledger’s, were decidedly on the other side during that period
Burn the witch!
Had the mispleasure of living nearby. An utter kip it was. Terrible conditions to house people in. Onwards.
An example of how poorly thought out council property was in the past. It’s part of the reason councils don’t want to build social housing in case the create more ghettos.
But when you think about it, is there really much difference between that and modern apartment blocks? The buildings may be ugly but they aren’t the problem, it’s the people you put in them. But of course we can’t be telling the truth in case someone gets offended.
Actually there have been studies on the detrimental effects of hideous social housing blocks on the psychological well-being of its residents. Wake up to sh&t, have a mindset of sh&t.
I’m sure it was “home” to a lot of families, lovely video and sound track, despite inelegant © over it.
The big copyright watermark is ironic given the infringement of copyright in using the music
Thats a very sad video. People used to live there. Beautifully shot tho