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Hotel Ballymun
With the help
and support of
Ballymun’s
vibrant network
of Community
Groups, artist
Seamus Nolan
was able to
transform the
former flats of
Clarke Tower
into short-stay
hotel rooms as
part of “Hotel
Ballymun” in
2007.
Through
salvaging and
re-imagining
objects, spaces
and resources
from the past a
new story be-
gins. All that
may have been
considered
obsolete is
renewed in
value and
purpose.
With the help
and support of
Ballymun’s
vibrant network
of Community
Groups, artist
Seamus Nolan
was able to
transform the
former flats of
Clarke Tower
into short-stay
hotel rooms as
part of “Hotel
Ballymun” in
2007.
Through
salvaging and
re-imagining
objects, spaces
and resources
from the past a
new story be-
gins. All that
may have been
considered
obsolete is
renewed in
value and
purpose.
