Historic Dublin Pictures & Videos Thread

rachelmm · 30-05-2012 11:15am

Hi Sorry I'm new to this so not sure if i'm in the right place. just wondering if anyone could help me to find a picture of the old mayfair cafe in o connell street ? Any help would be great. Thanks .

ollaetta · 31-05-2012 4:05pm

rachelmm wrote: »

Hi Sorry I'm new to this so not sure if i'm in the right place. just wondering if anyone could help me to find a picture of the old mayfair cafe in o connell street ? Any help would be great. Thanks .

Not a great one but you can just see it on the left on this pic. http://www.dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/view/1220/_original

rachelmm · 31-05-2012 5:31pm

ollaetta wrote: »

Not a great one but you can just see it on the left on this pic. http://www.dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/view/1220/_original

Oh That's perfect, exactly what i was looking for. Thanks so much

Rashers · 02-06-2012 4:20pm

Kildonan Aerodrome Finglas (not certain of the year).

Cullen Abroad · 04-06-2012 10:20pm

That's my granny, at the right in this picture. (Molly Darcy - Summerhill).

Cullen Abroad · 04-06-2012 10:24pm

Rashers wrote: »

Did you read or see Strumpet City?

Okay.....

The year is 1964..... where's this?

Five lamps, North Strand.

Cardinal Richelieu · 05-06-2012 11:29pm

I posted this in DCN forum before because the first part shows Rush Co Dublin in the 1960s. 07.42 in shows the Corporation Fruit & Veg in Smithfield. Can anyone identify the location of the fruit and veg shop 12.52 in? A shop called Greene appears across the road from it and you can see a cleaners which appears to be called Swiss Day.

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

Hermy · 06-06-2012 2:39pm

Sundrive Road?

kwalshe · 08-06-2012 8:42am

Some of you might like this.
This is the Facebook page company I work for , Mason Technology. We are one of the oldest family run businesses in the country , we have been in Dublin since 1780 and it is still run by Mr Mason, all through the generations.
In the facebook page if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, or a timeline I think it is called, you can see our history and connection with Dublin and a few pictures and drawings to illustrate

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Mason-Technology/69031704429

John Mason · 09-06-2012 1:09pm

RTE have put some programeme from the last 50 years on their player.

i was having a nose through and came across this gem. it's from the 1966 and it was made by a polish film director working for RTE.

it shows various scenes from area dublin, with voices of dubliners.

about half way through, you get this wonderful sense that nothing every changes and we are all still moaning about the same things!!

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=3288112

R.Dub.Fusilier · 12-06-2012 3:22pm

Some pics of Dublin during the civil war and GPO 1916

mambo · 02-07-2012 3:17pm

What is now St Anne's Park between Clontarf and Raheny, with Raheny village (?) in the back right. And LOTS of green fields! Not sure when the pic was taken, possibly pre-1943 as the "Mansion" looks intact.

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Gaspode · 02-07-2012 5:13pm

I think the tree-lined avenue heading 'up' the photo away from the house is the one that leads to the church on the Howth road, the trees are still there in parts of St. Assams estate. The church is still there too afaik, I remember getting to climb the bell tower at one point on a guided tour. And that is indeed Raheny village near top right.

Great photo btw.

mambo · 02-07-2012 5:48pm

A larger version of what appears to be the same photo, one of the pics seems to be a manipulated version of the other:

Both photos taken from www.askaboutireland.ie

See
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/5th-+-6th-class/geography/aspects-of-raheny/how-is-this-place-changin/high-above/index.xml
for photos of the Mansion that used to be in the park.

ullu · 02-07-2012 6:52pm

irishbird wrote: »

RTE have put some programeme from the last 50 years on their player.

i was having a nose through and came across this gem. it's from the 1966 and it was made by a polish film director working for RTE.

it shows various scenes from area dublin, with voices of dubliners.

about half way through, you get this wonderful sense that nothing every changes and we are all still moaning about the same things!!

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=3288112

Just catching up with this thread having not checked it properly for a while.

That link appears to have expired. This one works if anyone still hasn't seen it.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1149729

mambo · 02-07-2012 9:13pm

mambo wrote: »

A larger version of what appears to be the same photo, one of the pics seems to be a manipulated version of the other:

Both photos taken from www.askaboutireland.ie

See
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/5th-+-6th-class/geography/aspects-of-raheny/how-is-this-place-changin/high-above/index.xml
for photos of the Mansion that used to be in the park.

A similar view today...

Sunnyisland · 02-07-2012 10:11pm

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

I posted this in DCN forum before because the first part shows Rush Co Dublin in the 1960s. 07.42 in shows the Corporation Fruit & Veg in Smithfield. Can anyone identify the location of the fruit and veg shop 12.52 in? A shop called Greene appears across the road from it and you can see a cleaners which appears to be called Swiss Day.

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

Sundrive road crumlin, just down from the stoneboat pub.If you look closely beside the shop you (I) can make out sundrive creamery's and the swiss day cleaners is now an healthy salad bar restarant .I am nearly positive :cool:

mambo · 03-07-2012 9:21am

Another old aerial shot of CLontarf area, from 1963

Pic from http://www.geograph.ie/photo/2225643

Note that left (east) of the train line at Fairview is all water, what is now the parkland, East Point Business Park, etc. on reclaimed land

mambo · 03-07-2012 9:27am

Flooding in Fairview in 1954, looking towards North Strand/city centre

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From http://www.thejournal.ie/gallery-the-morning-after-the-floods-263213-Oct2011/#slide-slideshow22

Qualitymark · 03-07-2012 9:28am

Are there any photos of North Strand, the canal bridge there and what's now East Wall Road (then the Wharf Road) in the 1900s?

Hermy · 08-07-2012 8:04pm

Some great docklands photos here...

mambo · 09-07-2012 12:12pm

Aerial shot of the Custom House docks area (now IFSC), from https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=361329453937261&set=a.361329120603961.82280.125678274169048&type=3&theater

mambo · 09-07-2012 3:11pm

The Point Depot (now the O2)

From http://www.gaire.com/e/f/view.asp?parent=1271827&nav=7

bb1234567 · 10-07-2012 4:52pm

Does this thread make anybody else feel really sad? Dublin used to be an incredibly beautiful city..so much of it has been destroyed though:mad:We really should rebuild all the lovely historic buildings that we demolished to make room for those disgusting boxes we now have in their place today:( Londons done a much better job at preserving their history and they were heavily bombed during ww2 ffs ..we werent touched...no excuse for us..we could have one of the most historic cities in the world on our hands , if it had been left how it was pre 1916 and we opened a few more quality tourist attractions that actually promoted our cities amazing history id say dublin could be one of the most visited cities in the world.

bb1234567 · 10-07-2012 4:53pm

I want those trams back too !

sticksman · 18-07-2012 11:58am

Can anybody tell me where this house is in Dublin?

http://www.abandonedireland.com/Ghost_House.html

ninjapriest · 19-07-2012 8:02pm

sticksman wrote: »

Can anybody tell me where this house is in Dublin?

http://www.abandonedireland.com/Ghost_House.html

Sorry I have no idea, although id also like to know where it is. The fella that does that website keeps the locations of the houses very well guarded.

Theres another Dublin one on there, he has it down as the most haunted house in Ireland or something. He's even gone as far as changing the name of the house in the article to protect its identity. But theres a couple of clues given as to its location, he says something about it having views of the liffey. I tried looking on the OSI mapviewer around the strawberry beds and lucan, switching to the 1860's maps but I couldnt find a house that looked anything like it,

In fairness to that fella he doesnt want the locations of some of these places let out so gangs of kids can drink in them and smash the place up. Although I did notice on his site theres a 'private' section, maybe if you were to talk to him and he knows your ok he might tell you where it is.

mambo · 20-07-2012 11:16am

Dublin Airport's Old Terminal During Construction
"British newsreel footage of the new airport at Collinstown, Co Dublin under construction in 1939."

Sunnyisland · 20-07-2012 4:57pm

Isn't the music and announcer so positive & uplifting :-) do do do dodo

ninjapriest · 20-07-2012 8:31pm

realies wrote: »

Isn't the music and announcer so positive & uplifting :-) do do do dodo

Ha ha, imagine they brought that style of news back that would be gas! No more listening to dobbo or sharon ní whatserface with their dull lifeless voices and stupid D4isms. Instead we'll have Greerson & Mr Cholmondley-Warner reading out the news on six1. Hurrah! Jolly good fun chaps!

Standard Toaster · 25-07-2012 3:05pm

http://www.rte.ie/tv50/galleryarchive.html

Women queue at a bus stop in Dublin, September 1971. Know what street it is? Let us know on Facebook, or maybe upload a photo of it now.

Anyone know the street??

ullu · 25-07-2012 3:28pm

I stand to be corrected but I think it's Grafton Street. There was a shop called Cummiskey towards the Stephen's Green end back in the day. I'm not sure if there was more than one at any point and it would correspond with 37 Grafton St in any case.

nudger · 25-07-2012 8:17pm

37 Grafton st is about half way up on the left, wrong side of the street as the stops were on the other side.

Prussia st?

R.Dub.Fusilier · 26-07-2012 1:50am

A few more Dublin pics.

R.Dub.Fusilier · 26-07-2012 1:52am

old photos of Dublin Zoo

billya · 17-08-2012 3:54pm

flynnc8 wrote: »

ha ha, ya dont see crowds like that anymore.....

Can anyone guess where this is?

Grafton st Cummiskeys shop across the road was known as a cut price before supermarkets

mambo · 20-08-2012 12:37pm

May be worth checking out this exhibition, closes end of Aug

Gallery of Photography Ireland and Galerie m Bochum are delighted to present the Irish premiere of the work of Evelyn Hofer (1922–2009). At the heart of this specially curated exhibition are Hofer’s beautiful and considered photographs made during her visit to Dublin in 1966. In colour and black and white, the work captures Ireland at the tipping point between an older, more conservative culture and the emerging modern world.

http://www.galleryofphotography.ie/exhibitions/hofer.html

billya · 20-08-2012 12:49pm

mambo wrote: »

May be worth checking out this exhibition, closes end of Aug

Hello Mambo will check that out also the Wiltshire collection is in the National Library pictures of life in Dublin 50 60s told they were in storage

HellFireClub · 20-08-2012 12:51pm

Just a general question, does anyone know what picture or set of pictures are the earliest ones of Dublin City??? I'm trying to find some pictures of Moore Street and Dublin inner city around the 1850's-1900's...

feekc · 22-08-2012 8:40pm

If anyone has any old photos of scanlans pub or killans (The Honey Pot), the Rose Bowl all in parnell street could they show them. If theres any of the tenament houses in Gardiner Street they'd be much appreciated.

spurious · 23-08-2012 10:50am

feekc wrote: »

If anyone has any old photos of scanlans pub or killans (The Honey Pot), the Rose Bowl all in parnell street could they show them. If theres any of the tenament houses in Gardiner Street they'd be much appreciated.

Some of the tenements here: http://www.dublin1850.com/old_and_new.html

Qualitymark · 23-08-2012 10:56am

HellFireClub wrote: »

Just a general question, does anyone know what picture or set of pictures are the earliest ones of Dublin City??? I'm trying to find some pictures of Moore Street and Dublin inner city around the 1850's-1900's...

Have you tried the National Photographic Archive http://www.nli.ie/en/vt/online-tour-of-the-national-photographic-archive.aspx in Temple Bar?

Rashers · 23-08-2012 10:51pm

feekc wrote: »

If anyone has any old photos of scanlans pub or killans (The Honey Pot), the Rose Bowl all in parnell street could they show them. If theres any of the tenament houses in Gardiner Street they'd be much appreciated.

Here's all I can help with:

Watching a tenement on fire in Lr Gardiner St. 1938. The lightly coloured building to the right is Waterford St (now gone)

Lower Gardiner St again. The building over on the left was Rafters pawn office. This picture was taken in 1940

More up to date now. Lr Gardiner St in 1980. The street is traffic free because the residents were holding a protest at the junction with Sean Mc Dermot St. Shaws old shop can be seen at the left and the house I spend some of my young childhood in is the one past Shaws on the other side of the lane (which led to Rutland St school).

billya · 25-08-2012 11:28am

Rashers wrote: »

Who remembers.... or even knows where it was?

that,s on burgh quay the so called fun palace is a one arm bandit place the news agents still has the same front

billya · 25-08-2012 11:34am

flynnc8 wrote: »

Is it also on Dorset Street.. the curve in the road looks kinda similar... The tallest Building on the left would be little Kavanaghs, If I'm right?

that,s the top of aungier st where that picture was taken

ziggy23 · 26-08-2012 1:47am

apologies if this was posted before, but just came across this on youtube

spurious · 26-08-2012 10:22am

Hadn't seen that before.
Footage of the Abbey Theatre on Pearse Street very interesting.

billya · 26-08-2012 12:37pm

That,s great footage of the CIE training Film 1965 ex Dublin Bus driver of 30 yrs never seen it very good

Mynamehere · 26-08-2012 9:49pm

The most interesting thing that i noticed about that Video is that in the 60s Angelsea street had a tarmac surface and nowadays its cobbles.

Driving by where is now the Dublin City council as well as where the Central bank is nowadays was cool to see.

ziggy23 · 27-08-2012 12:49am

Yea I thought it was really interesting to see what was there before The Central Bank. Has anybody got any good photos on this? I'm a long time lurker on this thread just never had anything interesting enough to post:o
Great thread though

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