Neil Blaney, who launched the scheme in 1965, suggested that, when completed, it should be called Árd Glas, from the Gaelic words for high and green, conjuring images of sylvan bliss and grand elevation. But in the enthusiasm of the following year’s jubilee, it was decided instead that the seven fifteen-storey tower blocks should be named after the seven martyred leaders of the Rising. And so, the great monument to the state’s founding fathers turned out to be a row of grey slabs that loomed over the city like giant tombstones, making the new town a necropolis of modern aspirations.
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