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Aerial photo of Tallaght, June 1973
The first phase of Tallaght's transformation from a rural village into a planned new satellite town is already almost complete with over 4,000 new houses built between 1969 and 1973.
New housing development is also beginning at Firhouse on the RHS and the line of the future N81 bypass can be clearly seen.
River Dodder runs diagonally from the RHS of the image to the bottom centre. Zoom in for greater detail!
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Dublin bombings, Talbot Street and Parnell Street, May 17th 1974
33 people lost their lives in the single most deadly terrorist atrocity during the 1969-1998 Northern Ireland conflict, known in popular dialogue as the Troubles. Three car bombs were detonated at rush hour in Dublin and a fourth bomb attack took place in Monaghan Town.
In Memory of all the victims on that day.
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The old and the new. Stein Opticians on Harcourt Street with it's distinctive eye-shaped window was one of a terrace of old shops which a developer was buying out to assemble a large development site. Steins was the only one who held out and wouldn't sell so the developer proceeded to build behind the shop anyway. Eventually, a deal was done when an alternative premises was provided nearby on Grantham Street.
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Captain America's on Grafton Street, 1987
Sadly, after almost 55 years in operation at 44 Grafton Street, Captain America's - the very first American style burger restaurant in Ireland - closed its doors at the end of May.
It will be missed by many Dubliners with fond memories of dining there since it opened in 1971.
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