Historic Dublin Pictures & Videos Thread

Rashers

Mount Pleasant Buildings 1960s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhtNOkB07I

mikemac

It's not a video or photo but here's a documentary podcast from RTE
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/1263405.html

Info on East Wall, North Wall and Sheriff Street.
It was recorded in 1973 so you'll be hearing the locals talk about the area before World War II and even before that.
RTE have obviously decided to release it again

Highly interesting though the area has long since changed

Wishbone Ash

An early image of College Green



Circa. 1890 (with two types of horse drawn trams).



Circa. 1897



Grattan Monument circa. 1897



William III Monument circa. 1897 (blown up in 1929)



1920- (note the short lived(?) creeper growth at the lower floor of Trinity College)



1925



1986



1986



1988 "paws to cross"



College Green Character 1988

Rashers

Great photos Wish, thank you.

I love that one of the college with the bit of greenery growing along the ground floor level. I think it would have been nice to keep, perhaps trimmed no higher than ground floor.

Rashers

Here's a couple or so that may have been seen before...

Talbot St near the junction with Gardiner Street (about 1910?).




Phoenix Park gate at NCR. No idea of the year.



Vernon Avenue Clontarf. Again I don't know the year. A guess would be 1930s



The transport I used (pre East Link) to cross the Liffey to see my brand new son who was born in Holles Street.



The Army doing their work in O'Connell Street during a bus strike in 1935.

Rashers

Mount Pleasant Buildings 1960s (part two -- part one already posted above)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t3L-FPpd9U

Masada

I dunno if anyone will be able to find it, but there was a program on the History channel on monday evening called "the secrets of the IRA", it was about the IRA in the 50's and 60's and there was a few videos of dubin city in it. some going from early 1900's to 1960ish by the looks of it.

triple-M

Hi all i wonder if anybody knows what the structure is in the left hand side of the pic (1920's/30's) on o connell bridge and what it was used for and why it was removed as this has been bugging me for a while,Many thanks

Rashers

It was a temporary altar that was used for mass during the Eucharistic Congress of 1932.

Here's a pic from a different angle and showing some of the crowd.



And another showing the Aer Corps escorting the Cardinal Legate's transport as it entered the harbour at Dun Laoire.

Dirk Gently

I haven't checked out this thread in ages. Spent hours looking through all the posts when I had a look today. Thanks to all who have posted your pics and videos.

triple-M

Rashers wrote: »

It was a temporary altar that was used for mass during the Eucharistic Congress of 1932.

Here's a pic from a different angle and showing some of the crowd.



And another showing the Aer Corps escorting the Cardinal Legate's transport as it entered the harbour at Dun Laoire.

great pics thanks,i only just noticed in the title of the image it clearly stated what it was,silly old me,thanks for the great pics

damp sponge

Masada wrote: »

I dunno if anyone will be able to find it, but there was a program on the History channel on monday evening called "the secrets of the IRA", it was about the IRA in the 50's and 60's and there was a few videos of dubin city in it. some going from early 1900's to 1960ish by the looks of it.

Hi Masada, is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQxk3AfsUZU&feature=PlayList&p=BCB534A979C1B972&index=0&playnext=1 what you're talking about?

Masada

damp sponge wrote: »

Hi Masada, is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQxk3AfsUZU&feature=PlayList&p=BCB534A979C1B972&index=0&playnext=1 what you're talking about?

Thats the one, The beginning of that though, is well into the one i was watching on History though as far as i can remember.

shanahap

Just spent four hours getting through this thread! Fascinating stuff, thanks to all the posters of pictures and info.

Rashers

Where the Finglas Bank of Ireland is now.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Rashers wrote: »

Where the Finglas Bank of Ireland is now.

I'm almost certain Degsy posted this earlier in the thread - YOUR BANNED FOR A MONTH :P

And the way we dressed back in 1983 - no hoodies here!.

Any of the older Ballymun members might know some of these heads (I took the photo so I'm not in it) and who can name the concert? (Dalymount Park).



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Dancor

Bob Marley? Not sure if he was alive in '83 but I know he onced played Dalymount and your mate on the left seems to have a Rasta coloured jacket on.

Rashers

Mairt wrote: »

I'm almost certain Degsy posted this earlier in the thread

Oops.... a hiccup. Sorry Degsy and all for the double posting.

Here's a photo of Collins Barracks taken from outside Guinness. Don't know the year it was taken.

Rashers

Mairt wrote: »

Any of the older Ballymun members might know some of these heads (I took the photo so I'm not in it) and who can name the concert? (Dalymount Park).

If it's the same concert I'm thinking of this might be a cryptic clue perhaps... a relative out of shape. :pac:

arybvtcw0eolkf

Rashers wrote: »

If it's the same concert I'm thinking of this might be a cryptic clue perhaps... a relative out of shape. :pac:

No, that was one act - and you have an advantage over the other's so your excluded.

Did I not ban you for a month earlier!..

:P

So, anyone guess the concert or rec. the faces (Ballymun heads - Balcurris to be exact).

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Latchy

Rough guess but is it not the Status Quo gig ,early 80s which I myself attended ?

Standard Toaster

Mairt wrote: »

.....and who can name the concert? (Dalymount Park).

Latchy

Thing with Black Sabbath ,Motorhead and Quo fans ,they all had long hair and wore denims

BaconZombie

Am I the only one who think these picture look a lot like Amsterdam ?

ollaetta wrote: »

The red and white flags represent the flag of Monaco so the photos must have been taken around the time of the State Visit of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace to Ireland in June '61.

A colleague who worked near Christchurch back then thinks that the small redbrick building was a weighbridge.

arybvtcw0eolkf

The_Edge wrote: »

Deadly, where you there too?..

Gaspode

Mairt wrote: »

Deadly, where you there too?..

I was! F#cking deadly!

Rashers

So if yiz all remember that concert in Dalymount then some might remember a few schoolmates from 4th class in the Virgin Mary school in 1978.

Masada

This is the episode of cloch le carn from RTE about the life of Tony Gregory, Theres a load of pics/video of inner city Dublin in there from over the years. I'm actually in there as a 3 year old. lol

http://www.rte.ie/tv/clochlecarn/avlong.html?2513181,null,243

zorz

Thanks for all the pics and vids!

I've lurked on Boards for years, but this thread has given me a reason to finally register.

Here's some from a guidebook published around 1963/4.













Enjoy, I'll have more up next week!

Rashers

Great pics zorz. Well done and welcome to the board.