Commissioned by Breaking Ground under the Local Artists commissioning strand, Cecilia put out an open call for submissions in early 2008 for artworks to be displayed in perspex units througho...

A large horse and rider sculpture depicting a young female bareback rider cast from the statue of Viscount Hugh Gough, which was originally sited in the Phoenix Park until it was blown up by the IRA in 1957. It was commissioned as part of Breaking Ground, the Per Cent for Art Programme for Ballym...

Leisure Centre is an 18-minute film, shot in the new leisure centre situated on Main Street, Ballymun, and features a cast of local residents. It was commissioned by 

Inside-Outside is a public art collaborative project by artist Catherine Delaney commissioned for Wicklow County Council's Per Cent for Art Programme, 2007-2008.

An ephemeral based site-specific project in collaboration with six members of the community of Baltinglass town, t...

Andrew Kearney was curated by Breaking Ground in 2002,, to make a non-permanent installation to mark the beginning of the series of art commissions attendant to the Ballymun regeneration programme. After consulting with residents, Andrew made a public artwork which illuminated...

Hotel Ballymun was conceived by artist Seamus Nolan. From 23 March to 27 April 2007, the 15th floor of Clarke Tower, one of the last remaining tower blocks in Ballymun, was transformed into a short stay hotel.  Nolan ...

In response to the regeneration of Ballymun in Dublin, over a two-year period, Rhona developed a project called Home working closely with the Ballymun racing pigeon club and the residents of the tower blocks to be demolished.

Speaking about the project the artist stated "The homing ...

Paddy Jolley was curated by Aisling Prior and commissioned by Breaking Ground to make a work to mark the impending demolition of Ballymun’s 1970’s tower blocks.

In the Autumn of 2003, and after a period of research and discussion locally, Jolley chose to work with two ot...

Imbued with a haunting sense of melancholy and loss, Fill traces the presence of a profound absence, preserving the memory of time and life passed by. A ghostly silver landscape forms from the hollow negative potholes, cracks, fissures, splits and tears of the previous street fro...

An extensive research process was undertaken by Mary Jo Gilligan in the development of her project, including establishing a research body called Dublin City Agency for the Sensory ...