Bananas On The Breadboard - Stories from the Markets Area Dublin (52 mins) 2010

Bananas on the Breadboard is a 52 minute documentary celebrating life and traditions in the markets area of Dublin’s North West Inner City. Through a series of interviews with local people and location and archive film, the documentary tells stories from the fruit and vegetable market, the former fish market and Smithfield. It also tells the story of street trading synonymous with this part of the inner city which many local families, particularly women, have been involved in for generations. As well as the many interviews with local people the film features the last interview with Tony Gregory who was a passionate defender of the women’s right to trade in their own city. There is also a contribution from Johnny Giles who spent his early years kicking ball in Ormond Square while his mother was out street trading. Principal Interviewees: Bernie Shea, John Giles, Mary Owens, Margaret Buckley, Christy Burke, Jenny Cronan, Breda Proudfoot, Monica O’Toole, Noleen Jennings, Danny Pender, Lynn Slattery, Frank Myles, Jackie Pender. The completion of Bananas on the Breadboard was made possible through an DCC artist in residence scheme when Joe Lee was Dublin City Council Film Maker in Residence for the year 2009. Bananas on the Breadboard was first screened in the Lighthouse cinema in 2010. It was later screened extensively in community and local venues around Dublin from 2010 through 2012. It was acquired as a DVD by Dublin City Council Libraries.