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Historic Dublin Pictures & Videos Thread

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    #1172
    vampire of kilmainham
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Fabulous pictures Exit. Many thanks for posting them. It's great to see the bit of colour rather that the usual austere B & W.

    I presume the photographer must have stayed at The Shelbourne!

    I love the old cigatettes ads, Craven A, Bendico, Players Please etc.

    (When I was a child I used to think the Players Please signs were referring to George best, Johnny Giles etc. :o - the innocence of childhood).

    I love seeing the old cars and those fabulous green buses. The pic of Lord Edward Street has a nice one of a Garda Car and a Tayto truck. A few P & T vans around also. Note how many vehicles have ZA plates. The registration series lasted must longer then.

    The Cork Hill one is also interesting as those building on the south side are long gone replaced with Dr Barnardo Park.


    I presume that is South Great Georges Street as the Pims sign is reflected in the window.
    I rember pims well a neighbour of mine used to work there when i was a young fella.:)


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    #1173
    vampire of kilmainham
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    Rashers wrote: »
    Thanks for those photos Mairt and Wish.

    I'm scratching the head here now.... but I think that narrow gauge train from Gunness to Heuston was still running in the late '60s.... early '70s.
    Yes they were running well into the 60s i often seen them when i was out walking with my Father even up to when i was 8 or 9 in the late 60s. Iam not sure if they were still going in the 70s though great pic.:)


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    #1174
    vampire of kilmainham
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    Rashers wrote: »
    Sorry it's taken me so long but this is the best view of Gings that I can come up with. It's the third shop down where the brickwork is painted yellow.

    Not sure of the year (early '60s?) but I bet the reg numbers and models of the cars will help date it.

    CorkHill60s.jpg
    Iam nearly sure it would be around62


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    #1175
    vampire of kilmainham
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    Rashers wrote: »
    They worked up further in O'Connell St too. I remember one who worked near the Savoy, another a bit further down towards the bridge took this one sometime about 1947 or so. That's Burton's that's a bit obscured: (Gawd... anyone remember the old bus-stops?)

    dama.jpg
    Yea i rember those old bus stops in the 60s they were around a long time before they changed them. Yer man smokin the fag in the pic looks like Sabastian Cabot.:D


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    #1176
    vampire of kilmainham
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    Rashers wrote: »
    I think modern digital cameras have killed off that piece of old dublin.

    Speaking of old.....

    Anyone who ever read of the 1916 Rising will have come across the part where the Lancers galloped from Parnell St down O'Connell St towards the GPO. They almost immediately came under fire from the GPO garrison.

    One of the casualties....

    1916AttackonGPO.jpg
    Wow that's a great pic of the lancers heading from Parnell st down O'Connell st iv never seen that one before just herd the story of it.
    Where did you come accross it Rashers? It's also interesting to see the horse lying there after having been shot i suppose i wonder who nicked the saddle:confused::D


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    #1177
    vampire of kilmainham
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    Javon Tasty Manger wrote: »
    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).

    attachment.php?attachmentid=77582&stc=1&d=1239973259

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    U2 played there in 1983:eek:


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    #1178
    Masada
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    Sorry this has taken so long folks, I first mentioned it months ago, had loads of hassle with converting a weird video format and then making it less than 10mins a piece for youtube,

    There's some good shots of inner city Dublin in these vids, and to my supprise, ME! (:eek:) as a 4 year old child. chances of that. :D

    Anyway, here ya go,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GzGhHKp0T4


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esRG_hV-0Yg


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZdbDikGtI4


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    #1179
    The rag man
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    hello to everyone,anybody got photos of the old cie yard, there was working horses there in the 60s. ps great site full of memories.:)


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    #1180
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    vampire of kilmainham wrote: »
    U2 played there in 1983:eek:

    What makes you think it was a U2 concert?.

    It was Black Sabbath & Motorhead.


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    Gaspode
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    Javon Tasty Manger wrote: »
    What makes you think it was a U2 concert?.

    It was Black Sabbath & Motorhead.

    That's right, it was billed as 'A Garden Party with black Sabbath' and IIRC Twisted sister stole the show, while motorhead put on a fairly poor show for them. Guess everyone has their bad day. I think Mamas Boys opened the show that day.

    I was there for Sabbath, but Gillan's screaming did my head in!


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Gaspode wrote: »
    That's right, it was billed as 'A Garden Party with black Sabbath' and IIRC Twisted sister stole the show, while motorhead put on a fairly poor show for them. Guess everyone has their bad day. I think Mamas Boys opened the show that day.

    I was there for Sabbath, but Gillan's screaming did my head in!

    I should have some photos of Twisted Sister @ Dalymount if your interested.

    Yes, Motorhead were crap, iirc their amp's blew up!.

    I wasn't there for Mama's Boys, never liked them so stayed out on the streets drinking :p


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    #1183
    Gaspode
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    Javon Tasty Manger wrote: »
    I should have some photos of Twisted Sister @ Dalymount if your interested.

    Yes, Motorhead were crap, iirc their amp's blew up!.

    I wasn't there for Mama's Boys, never liked them so stayed out on the streets drinking :p

    Yeah, bang 'em up that'd be cool.
    I didn't bring my camera, 'cos i knew i'd be too drunk1


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    #1184
    keano_afc
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    I was talking to an older gentleman at the weekend and he was regaling me with stories of Ringsend and Irishtown before the land was reclaimed from the sea. Its got me interested in the history of the area in relation to the reclaimed land.

    Has anyone links regarding this?


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    #1185
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    #1186
    Masada
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    Theres a facebook group with 18k members that has a load of pics of "mad mary" as we knew her as kids. She's still alive but ya dont see her around anymore, shame really. :)

    http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=345527055568#!/pages/WHO-REMEMBERS-THE-WOMAN-THAT-DANCED-ON-O-CONNELL-ST-BESIDE-THE-ANNA-LIVIA/345527055568?v=wall
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    #1187
    admiralofthefleet
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    Masada wrote: »
    Theres a facebook group with 18k members that has a load of pics of "mad mary" as we knew her as kids. She's still alive but ya dont see her around anymore, shame really. :)

    http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=345527055568#!/pages/WHO-REMEMBERS-THE-WOMAN-THAT-DANCED-ON-O-CONNELL-ST-BESIDE-THE-ANNA-LIVIA/345527055568?v=wall
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    she lives on pottery road in deansgrange, she is always doing the flowers in her garden, lovely lady


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    #1188
    ollaetta
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    she lives on pottery road in deansgrange, she is always doing the flowers in her garden, lovely lady

    Amazed to hear she's still alive. Fair play to her.

    Remember the other old lady who used to dress in black with a beret and carried a big crucifix? Her picture was used on the cover of an album by an Irish band but I can't for the life of me remember which one.


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    #1189
    lord lucan
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    ollaetta wrote: »
    Remember the other old lady who used to dress in black with a beret and carried a big crucifix? Her picture was used on the cover of an album by an Irish band but I can't for the life of me remember which one.

    I remember her when i was a nipper. I think we called her Mad Mary too! I think that was a common term used for any loony women when i was young!


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    #1190
    MediaTank
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    ollaetta wrote: »
    Remember the other old lady who used to dress in black with a beret and carried a big crucifix? Her picture was used on the cover of an album by an Irish band but I can't for the life of me remember which one.

    That was The Hothouse Flowers - and the image was only used on the Irish release of the album IIRC.


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    Tabnabs
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    Dunno if this link has been posted before but I enjoyed it


    The Ken Finlay Collection
    This section contains a selection of 1980's aerial photos from the Ken Finlay Collection. The photos show many popular city centre locations, as well as a range of suburban areas. Have a look around, and relish in an environment of yellow busses, ghost buildings, and vacant lots....


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    #1192
    John Mason
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    i was just wondering if anyone would have some photos of the richmond dairy from the 1920's.

    have been some digging in my family tree and we owned it :D my second cousin (another person i only just found while doing the family tree) has been looking for photos for the last few years

    thanks

    IB


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    #1193
    _blank_
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    Here's a very good thread in the History & Heritage Forum which may be of interest

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055971902


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    #1194
    ChrisSullivan
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    Des wrote: »
    Here's a very good thread in the History & Heritage Forum which may be of interest

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055971902


    Thanks for that - very interesting. I heard the Dubliners sing The Monto at the Barbican in London about in the early nineties.


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    #1195
    neris
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    anyone got old pix of sutton, howth & baldoyle?


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    #1196
    tricky D
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    neris wrote: »
    anyone got old pix of sutton, howth & baldoyle?
    National Library Digital Archives
    http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/search.php

    (appears to be down at the moment)


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    #1197
    neris
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    Not a picture or photo but I found this movie on the howth tram from the 1950s.

    http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/261/see-the-film-once_upon_a_tram


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    #1198
    aillyb
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    does anyone know where i would get photographs of the kennedys bakery electric vans and horse drawn carts from the 40s and 50s in Dublin.My dad used to drive one and hed love a picture


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    Rashers
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    War news outside a Dublin barbers shop...


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    #1200
    ChrisSullivan
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    That's a great picture - a barber shop. Does anyone have a picture of my uncle's barber shop at 10 Poplar Row, Ballybough?


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    ChrisSullivan wrote: »
    That's a great picture - a barber shop. Does anyone have a picture of my uncle's barber shop at 10 Poplar Row, Ballybough?

    Is that the one on the right, heading out of town and still open?.


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