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Arthur Guinness and his Right2Water
Arthur Guinness, founder of the Guinness brewery. There are many layers to the story of the relationship between Dublin and her most successful brewery. The story of Guinness is a story of, naturally...
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The band refused to play and the crowd ran amuck….
The latest issue of football magazine Póg Mo Goal is out now, and available to pick up in a few places around the city. Beautifully designed, it features everything from League of Ireland football to...
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Dublin Mean Time.
‘Injustice To Ireland’ I had to pick up this postcard recently. The stereotypical Oirishman is shown infuriated by the display of two clocks in the window of a business premises, one of which displays...
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The return of moving statues…
O’Connell Street today. In what one friend has jokingly described as “a victory for secularist alcoholics”, the Luas Cross City project eventually caught up with the statue of Father Theobald Mathew....
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Rads, Rats and Punks: Some scans from Heat fanzine (Sept. 1977)
Heat fanzine ran for nine issues from May 1977, providing coverage to a new emerging Irish rock and punk scene of musicians. One feature of the fanzine, which Brand New Retro have correctly...
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New Youtube archives – Dublin
One million minutes of historical video dating back to 1895 have been uploaded onto YouTube by Associated Press and British Movietone. The digitised archival footage, made up of 550,000 video stories...
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The weird and wonderful ‘Pub Tub Derby’ of 1960s Dublin.
Following up on Sam’s post drawing attention to the fact a huge archive of rare archival video footage has just been uploaded onto YouTube, I was particularly struck by the wonderful madness of one...
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A series of photographs from the reenactment of O’Donovan Rossa’s funeral.
O’Donovan Rossa, taken from his book ‘Irish Rebels in English Prisons: A Record of Prison Life.’ Deliberately here we avow ourselves, as he avowed himself in the dock, Irishmen of one allegiance only....
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‘Ireland at the Movies’ exhibition
We have always had a great interest in the history of Dublin on the big screen on this blog. Some of my favourite posts to write and research were on the theme of Ireland and the cinema, for example...
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Dublin Songs and Stories (Part II), September 3rd.
Dublin Songs and Stories, an event we organised back in June in conjunction with Johnny Moy and all at The Sugar Club, was a roaring success. As well as being a great night of talk and music, featuring...
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A postcard from Dublin, sent 17 January 1920.
I recently picked up this postcard, which was sent from Dublin to Clones in Co. Monaghan during the War of Independence. Congratulating “my dear Harry” on the occasion of “your magnificent victory”, I...
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Poster for Dublin Songs & Stories (Part II)
3 September 2015, The Sugar Club. We’re very happy to present the poster for the second Dublin Songs & Stories night we’re hosting. Once again, the night is an eclectic mix covering all from...
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“The Jim Larkin of India.”
I noticed a Facebook post getting quite a few shares this morning on my timeline, in relation to Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth President of India. The Sinn Féin 1916 National Commemorations page,...
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Clet Abraham in Dublin
Last week, I posted an image on our Facebook page (give us a like, go on) of a road sign in Temple Bar that had been modified via some well-placed stickers to become a tribute to The Clash album cover...
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Arise and follow Charlie (to the top of the charts)
Haughey on the campaign trail (Magill) Charles J. Haughey could be all things to all people. When he emerged on stage during The Late Late Show special celebrating The Dubliners, he told Gay Byrne that...
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Bohemian City
Last weekend was a busy one for sports desks around the country with an All- Ireland football semi final, the All-Ireland hurling final, Ireland versus England in the eggball and one that might have...
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Good times and good causes. A few forthcoming Dublin events.
It’s been a while since a post highlighting upcoming events in the city (beyond our own nights!), but there’s a few great events ahead that I want to highlight here. Firstly, our nearest and dearest at...
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Fleet Street is on the move.
Credit: Luke Fallon. Thanks to Luke Fallon for this image, showing that Fleet Street has somehow made the leap from Dublin 2 to Dublin 8. Street names and their origins is something that has long...
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Dipping into the Magill archives.
Though Magill is no more today, the magazine was hugely important in its day and remains a very useful tool for those researching the Ireland of the past. Founded by Vincent Browne in 1977, the...
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Private Bars and Social Clubs in Dublin
[Note : We have previously looked at the history of bona fide pubs, kips and early houses in the city] There a number of private bars and social clubs in Dublin that cater for different people...
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