Ballymun tower blocks

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Tower Structure

The Ballymun seven landmark towers were built in the 1960s, the seven towers were named after the seven leaders of the 1916 rising, Patrick pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Sean MacDermott, Eamonn Ceannt, Thomas Clarke, James Connolly and Joseph Plunkett, the provisional government. each of the towers were identical when they were first built, however throught the years they developed there own distinct look and personallity.each tower was 42 Meters In hight and weighs Around 8,500 tonnes.Each of the towers consisted of ninty flats, 30 one bedroom, 30 two bedroom and 30 three bedroom flats all with balconys over looking ballymun.the tower's are built up of pebble dashed concreate slabs for the outside and solid concrete slabs for the inside, each tower contained two lifts one for the even numbers and one for the odd numbers, each tower had 14 floors, counted as G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. which equels to 15 storys which is why the are nicknamed the 15 storys.

Today

only one of these towers remains standing today as the ballymun regeneration programmes did not incorporate the towers into its renewal programme. In 2004 demolition of the first tower began,Patrick pearse tower was demolished slowly by mechanical means, whilst MacDermott And Macdonagh Towers Were demolished by controlled implosion, Ceannt,Clarke and Connolly towers were demolished by mechanical means also. Joseph plunkett tower is the only original ballymun tower standing and a petition is now being drawn up to save it from demolition and to leave it as is for all those who have had and have the repected desire of living there.