Robert Longyear and Alicia LaChance arrived in Dublin to begin a project that would begin a conversation about the Northside shopping center, its people, its history, and its regeneration i.e. who? when? how?
One of their first stops was Fatima Mansions in Rialto, Dublin City. This is the site of many arts-based regeneration projects and events. The old housing blocks or 'mansions' have given way to mixed use housing and retail over the last several years, the result of a public/private partnership initiated by the women of the estate. When Dublin City Council would have seized the valuable real estate, these women, who were determined to save their homes and histories, pulled a 9-month moratorium into what you now see.
Neal O'Beauill is the keeper of many of the stories. I have heard him tell them several times...he is always careful to say that his is the abridged version...but what a story it is.
Robert and Alicia on the playground in front of the cultural center.
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| Bury My Heart at Fatima Mansions Installation commemorating those who have come and gone from this place called Fatima |
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| Neal and Eleanor Phillips, artist/coordinator for ProjectBUD. |
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| The Butterfly Effect//Trophy designed at Fatima Studios |
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