Ballymun Flats
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The Ballymun Flats referred to a number of flats—including the seven Ballymun High-tower blocks—in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland. Built rapidly in the 1960s, there were 36 blocks in total, consisting of 7
Joseph Plunkett tower with the Sillogue Road flats in the background.
A Ballymun street scene with some of the tower blocks visible in the distance, circa late-1990s.
The eight-storey flats contained two different designs, one where the lift was located opposite the stairwell (pictured right) and an alternative design where the lift was located on the same side as the stairwell, as seen here on Sillogue Road, the four-storey Sillogue Avenue can be seen in the middle.
Connolly tower.
Running to Stand Still
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"Running to Stand Still" is a song by rock band U2, and it is the fifth track from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. A slow ballad based on piano and guitar, it describes a heroin-addicted couple liv
Ballymun Flats
…Joseph Plunkett tower (1967–2015) was the last one built, in 1967. The tower's demolition began on 22 September 2015. The 1987 U2 song "Running to Stand Still" was inspired by Bono's view of the flats from his childhood home on Cedarwood Road, which has one end in Ballymun, and one in Finglas. Far-right…
One of the seven towers in Ballymun Flats
The Edge on piano and Bono on guitar as "Running to Stand Still" is performed in 2005 on the Vertigo Tour