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Ballymun Flats
The Ballymun Flats refers to a number of flats – including the Ballymun tower blocks, seven landmark residential towers built in the 1960s – in Ballymun, Dublin. They are currently undergoing demolition and since October 2013, all three remaining blocks were empty. There were 36 blocks of Ballymun flats (7 fifteen storey, 19 eight storey and 10 four storey blocks).〔http://www.herald.ie/news/ballymuns-last-tower-blocks-to-be-demolished-29568088.html〕
==History==
The Ballymun Flats were built in the 1960s to accommodate the rising population, particularly to accommodate former residents of inner-city areas which were being cleared in the process of 1960s 'urban slum clearances'. Whilst suffering from a lack of sufficient public amenities, several schools served the area (Holy Spirit N.S. and Ballymun Comprehensive), as well as an Eastern Health Board medical centre and a purpose built shopping centre. The area suffered from many social problems such as drugs and rampant crime. The causes of these social problems, and the subsequent discrimination faced by many people with Ballymun addresses when seeking employment outside the suburb, have been disputed, but Ballymun generally paralleled the experience of many working-class people in the 1960 and 1970s when placed in high-rise locations.
Despite the negative perceptions of many non-residents of Ballymun, many of the residents insist that there is a strong sense of pride and community in the area.〔("Ballymun – A History" )〕 Lynn Connolly, whose 2006 memoir ''The Mun: Growing Up in Ballymun'' detailed her raising there in the 1970s and 1980s, readily acknowledged the problems there and wanted to get out at the time.〔 (Chapter 1 available online ).〕 But she later came to realise that there had been much that was good at the towers – in terms of a collective wit among residents and a helping sense of community – which had been ignored by the media.〔
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