The first episode in a three-part series that looks at the recent history of Finglas - a suburb on the north side of the Irish capital Dublin. This episode, The Clear Stream, looks at life in the small, rural, picturesque village of white-washed cottages in the first half of the 1900s before Dublin Corporation's housing schemes of the 50s and 70s saw estate after estate of houses rolled out over the farmlands. The inhabitants of these new houses had mainly been rehoused from Dublin's inner-city tenements and the rural setting in which they found themselves was nothing less than a culture shock. The director, Declan Cassidy, was born and raised in Finglas. HIs father, Jim - a character well known in the area for his community work and art - was among the first wave of the new inhabitants that saw the population of Finglas grow from a few hundred to 53,000 over this housing period. Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (now Coimisiún na Meán), with help from Finglas Credit Union, this is the first of three half-hour episodes.