A Finglas Story 2 - Growing Pains

It is difficult to know for whom the culture shock was greatest – the locals of Finglas, who saw their picturesque, little village swamped by a staggering influx of inner-city Dubs, rehoused from the tenements, or those thousands of people, for whom Finglas was a country experience that was alien to their urban experience. The second episode of A Finglas Story – Growing Pains, hears from both sides, as the population of Finglas rocketed from a few hundred to 53,000 in just two decades. The population explosion led to a number of challenges, as amenities were slow to follow the growth. Both locals and newcomers, had no choice but to pull together, and a spirit of community began to grow.