Ballymun tower blocks

The Ballymun tower blocks were seven landmark residential towers built in the 1960s in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland, of which only one still stands. 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. Only one of these towers remains standing today as the plans to regenerate Ballymun did not incorporate the towers. In 2004 demolition of the first tower began. The 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. Patrick Pearse tower...