PADDY CAHILL
Herbert Simms City (2018) pays tribute to the work of prolific Dublin Corporation Housing Architect
Herbert Simms who designed and oversaw the building of 17,000 new homes in Dublin City from
1932 to 1948.
This 3 min film by Paddy Cahill features an original music composition by Irene Buckley. 'Owning The
Sky or The Flats that Simms Built' is by the poet Nell Regan and was commissioned by Simms120.
Herbert Simms who designed and oversaw the building of 17,000 new homes in Dublin City from
1932 to 1948.
This 3 min film by Paddy Cahill features an original music composition by Irene Buckley. 'Owning The
Sky or The Flats that Simms Built' is by the poet Nell Regan and was commissioned by Simms120.
Cycling with Ellen (2012) features architectural historian Ellen Rowley speaking about the architectural
heritage around parts of Dublin that often go ignored and her interest in the social housing schemes by
Herbert Simms.
This 14 min film is made by Paddy Cahill, Philip de Roos and Michael Ryan.
Paddy Cahill (1977-2021) was a Dublin-based documentary director who made films about art and architecture.
Place was an important theme in Cahill’s work with his knowledge of Dublin and passion for the inner-city
evident in many of his films.
In its obituary following the death of the filmmaker, The Irish Times singled out Cahill’s ‘keen eye for quirky
visual detail, his work was fresh and original, encompassing aspects of urban life and creative output that
might otherwise have gone undocumented’. The Irish Film Institute’s Sunniva O’Flynn said Cahill ‘explored
the city as a place in which people live, work and play and he created a body of work that is as warm and
whimsical as it is authoritative and meticulously researched.’
Paddy Cahill was a member of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland, The Irish Architectural Archive and
Visual Artists Ireland.
Explore his other films on www.paddycahill.com and https://vimeo.com/paddycahill