Joe Lee is a native Dubliner and National College of Art and Design graduate in the 1980s.
His work includes; TV documentary and drama, public art projects, video installations and photomontage work for exhibition, arts documentation projects for Irish National Cultural Institutions, information and promotional projects for a wide range of organisations working in the social economy.
1:55 the family history of Dubliners almost perfectly matches the family histories of those in Liverpool, here in Manchester and other U.K. cities when one starts chatting to the older people of a given area - after living in Manchester 23 years and being Irish, I’ve always been interested in the real history of an area and I’ve heard very similar stories of older people
Having grown up in Rural Ireland and having my late Grandmother on my Dad’s side as a Dublin Liberties “Mot” in my 23 years of coming home to Ireland from where I now live in Manchester U.K. (my last visit being in October 2022) holding and renewing an Irish passport, especially since Covid, I’m increasingly getting the sense that the Irish within Ireland are losing sight of their Irish cultural heritage and Irish identity, whereas us Irish abroad are only too well aware of our Irish roots in an era of increasingly dominant diversity, inclusion and multiculturalism - only time will tell if this turns out to be a good thing elsewhere, but for my native Ireland this is a disaster waiting to happen - we Irish have to protect and preserve what is left of our Irish heritage and culture, of which one iconic and vitally important part is the Dealers of Moore St in Dublin 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Rose coloured nonsense, the crime rate on Oxmantown road plummeted when the flats were emptied, and the prices of the houses in the area went up by €100k. They used to stone the bus that travelled through the flats and it was regularly cancelled. There were so many young mothers in the flats but very few (involved) Dads. Good riddance to it (ask any of the neighbours).
I miss the old Dublin so much. Born in the north inner city in the early 70s. Have brilliant memories of growing up in Dublin. My family were all street traders so spent alot my childhood in Henry St & Moore St. The place was full of character and charm. Sadly it's all been lost. I live in Co Meath now and wouldn't step foot in the place again. We all know why. It's not Irish anymore. Sad times indeed 😢
Look at the traders today, almost vanished…. The government won in the end 😢 Tony was a man of the people.. wouldn’t be surprised if they ‘Got rid of him” …
Fantastic video of great history.well done Joe lee.. keep up the great work...Liam o Meara wrote a fantastic book called who remembers Keogh square it's full of great photos and wonderful story's..
I was born in coultry Rd number 18 4th floor. Then 121 sillouge avenue the field see the library. Now still see how much I got from there adventure, creativity and just a great community. Till I was 15 moves to Rathmines. Still went back to school till I ws 18. Now still remember so much . I hated Rathmines
Eeç was a disaster still worst thing today led to vultures from eec and abroad to raise prices beyond the reach of Dubliner still today.by also greedy estate agents even from ireland .but fgael been the diamond in the ring of capitalism
My nana and auntie lived there, nana was 234 great memories there,remember the Perrie winkles being boiled in huge pots , a penny a bag,The old ones going down to quinlins for a jar, The kids there were great,loved going there, we lived in bluebell flats.
U nailed it with a way u present this amazing story. Even the emotion is there to pop out many times. Heartfiled is one of the best artist ever and the humiliation he is trying to introduce to the manipulated people is above all packed in his astonishing work. One of a kind artist ❤
Oh man! You're a life saver. My kids' mom and her dad have been looking for this for years. Her brother was in this film. He was the little boy playing him at 8 years old. His name was Robert Jones. Sadly, Robert is no longer with us.
Dublin has no jobs and they all grew up with their parents on the dole and grew up depressed the amount of kids that went onto heroin was too many and all of them didn’t care if they Ó.Ded their life’s were horrible and these viggies talking didn’t get clinics opened for anyone they wanted to be pillars of society and they think they’re great getting interview everyone that went into mountjoy got aids these viggies made our lives more miserable. I don’t know how many times I ÓD But fuck it it would have been better to die than live like this while Charlie Haughty was robbing the country people thought he was great while everyone’s kids were being buried everyday hypercritical Gobshites.
Thanks so much for this great documentary. The corporations need to be stopped. They are destroying the planet and ruining peoples lives with their greed.
I saw poverty in dublin in 1971 ,I was there for the wales. V ireland rugby ,I stayed in LUCAN just outside dublin , hotel nice people lovely .went to dublin ,crossing the river liffy I as a 15yr old boy could not comprehend mothers babes in arms with a brood around her sincerely begging for money to feed her children ,I was with my dad and a large group of cardiff dockers who all gave to many on the liffy bridge and they were very grateful ,I had 4.50p I gave two fifty half my pocket money it upset me and stuck in my mind all these years ,we also walked the back streets as we were early for match kick off , they were bad hovels ,boarding no glass no nothing ,I sign off now im getting up tight feeling ty gnt mark called cardiff xxxxx
I was completly unaware of him, his works should be shown in german schools when the nazi regime is part of the education, it reveals so much more about the time he lived in.
The drugs ruined bullmun and all the good area’s which are still ruined to this day)) God bless you all guys and girls from ballymun and so on )) I really good music and great people who would help ya if you were stuck for a bita sugar or tea whatever you needed they all stuck together)) The shops in the Luton vans caravan shops so many good memories I really enjoyed watching this)) Thanks for sharing it with us all)))
Ballymun years ago and I remember the caravans used as shops and a Luton van shop!! Ballymun was a great place around that time because there wasn’t as much drugs as their is today!! And all the good people had respect for each other and they were all very good folk back then!!!!! I remember them old escort vans and them shops there and the good old times alright))))
i grew up in St Michaels estate, left in 1979, my mother in law also grew up in Keogh Square, my family have a fairly strong connection with the place, my father served in the army and also in the congo, my uncle also lived in the flats, one of the 8 stories near the church, so many memories of the place, i've found myself many a time sitting in the green where the flats where having lunch, remembering family that have passed on and well, just to feel home again, no where else has ever felt like home like St Michaels did.
