Historic Dublin Pictures & Videos Thread

A Disgrace

dylbert wrote: »

Photo of Marrowbone Lane, that's my Granda's first car, he had a chipper the other side of the road.

Lovely Dutch Billys there.. was on Marrowbone Lane today recylcing some stuff.. Nothing left there now, not even the cobbles (which survived until very recently)

dylbert

A Disgrace wrote: »

Lovely Dutch Billys there.. was on Marrowbone Lane today recylcing some stuff.. Nothing left there now, not even the cobbles (which survived until very recently)

I found this watercolour and photo of the same part of the lane.


http://www.myantiques.ie/listings/arts-and-sculpture/flora-h-mitchell-1890-1973/600191


http://www.dublin.ie/forums/album.php?albumid=402&attachmentid=31480

leojake

Hi does any body out there remember the house on the roundabout i know he moved across the road i think it might have been late sixtys or early seventies

Kears

Hi I Worked in kearns butchers from 1972-1987 when it closed, Great Memories, Peter.David and Paddy Kearns were the owners Paddy and Peter Died,I Dont know what David went on to do,I To am looking for any photos of kearns Butchers of Parnell St. if any one has any please let us know or upload them it would be great to see the old place again....Great Memories working there.

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Rashers

Kears wrote: »

Hi I Worked in kearns butchers from 1972-1987 when it closed, Great Memories, Peter.David and Paddy Kearns were the owners Paddy and Peter Died,I Dont know what David went on to do,I To am looking for any photos of kearns Butchers of Parnell St. if any one has any please let us know or upload them it would be great to see the old place again....Great Memories working there.

Joe Russel was the messenger boy, and is now one of my neighbours.

I remember a Dublin character in the late 50s/early 60s who, if he needed a bed for the night broke the plate glass window and then sat on the footpath to await the arrival of the gardai.

A Disgrace

dylbert wrote: »

I found this watercolour and photo of the same part of the lane.


http://www.myantiques.ie/listings/arts-and-sculpture/flora-h-mitchell-1890-1973/600191


http://www.dublin.ie/forums/album.php?albumid=402&attachmentid=31480

I know they turned to slums, and I know there was a need for more modern housing, but imagine a Dublin with these buildings still in place. Most of the Georgian city was once like this (and indeed many of our most recognisable later Georgian buildings are indeed these buildings, refaced and remodelled). We'd have a UNESCO world heritage site on our hands instantly.. And to think all the damage was done AFTER we got our independence, and iindeed, in the case of Longford St (Off Auinger St) as recent as the 60's and 70's.....

There's a great Dutch Billy thread on Archiseek, and I believe, a book in the making by one of it's posters, that explains all...

Gaspode

Shamelessly stolen from today's thread of the day, a drive though Dublin of the 1980s.

1968

Rashers wrote: »

I remember a Dublin character in the late 50s/early 60s who, if he needed a bed for the night broke the plate glass window and then sat on the footpath to await the arrival of the gardai.

Sounds similar to what Joe Edelstein used to do.

It was said that if Edelstein was unable to find a bed for the night, he would use the fire alarm to get the attention of the fire services. For the offence of improper use of the alarm, Joe would thus spend a night in a cell. The story goes that Joe would be dropped off to the police station by the fire services, and responding to such calls in ‘Little Jerusalem’ was refered to among firemen as “Joe Edelstein’s alarm”.

http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/going-to-answer-joe-edelsteins-alarm/

John Mason

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ2rMwPZ750

ballybough 1978 - the father-in-law knew a good few of these heads

iMax

Wonder how many of those guys are still around. Most of them would be in their fifties now if still alive.

John Mason

iMax wrote: »

Wonder how many of those guys are still around. Most of them would be in their fifties now if still alive.

well, according to the FIL, one of them died from a drug overdose

Qualitymark

iMax wrote: »

Wonder how many of those guys are still around. Most of them would be in their fifties now if still alive.

Heh, what do you think the average lifespan is in Ireland?

Grid.

Some old pics and postcards of Dun Laoghaire Harbour:

Grid.

Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre, circa 1980's.

The Scientician

Gaspode wrote: »

Shamelessly stolen from today's thread of the day, a drive though Dublin of the 1980s.

Was St. Stephen's Green not pedestrianised in the late '70s?

Gaspode

No, in the late 80s if my memory serves me correctly.

The Scientician

Gaspode wrote: »

No, in the late 80s if my memory serves me correctly.

I think you're wrong. I was born in '81 and don't ever recall it not being pedestrianised. There were huge queues for Switzers around then. It must have been earlier.

richardjjd

According to this article in the Independent, it was pedestrianised in 1979.

iMax

Qualitymark wrote: »

Heh, what do you think the average lifespan is in Ireland?

The film was shot a couple of years before heroin destroyed the area.

Hermy

It was pedestrianised in '79 but not paved until the early eighties from what I can gather.

iMax

Kevin Freeney Dublin Signwriter: A Gentleman Of Letters

lord lucan

iMax wrote: »

Kevin Freeney Dublin Signwriter: A Gentleman Of Letters

Great stuff. This one:http://www.flickr.com/photos/gentlemanofletters/3882304074/in/set-72157622093652559/,brings back memories. My ma' & da' brought me to see TESB at the Ambassador in 1980 when i was 6.:)

John Mason

iMax wrote: »

Kevin Freeney Dublin Signwriter: A Gentleman Of Letters

brilliant, my great grandfather was a sign writer in dublin at the turn of the century

iMax

This is a brilliant site: What Was There

There's sites all over the world, but 40+ in Dublin where there's very old photos submitted which if you slide the green slider will reveal what it's like today. Absolutely fascinating & a real timesuck site.

I think they've been had on this linked one however as I'm almost sure that's a publicity still from "Michael Collins" after being aged

mambo

iMax wrote: »

This is a brilliant site: What Was There

There's sites all over the world, but 40+ in Dublin where there's very old photos submitted which if you slide the green slider will reveal what it's like today. Absolutely fascinating & a real timesuck site.

I think they've been had on this linked one however as I'm almost sure that's a publicity still from "Michael Collins" after being aged

Hmmm, was there ever a street that faced directly onto the GPO like that?

iMax

The set was like that & if I remember correctly they released a few publicity shots with the GPO "lit".

The mansion house was the opposite end of the "street".

Nearly 100% sure it's a publicity shot.

OldGoat

mambo wrote: »

Hmmm, was there ever a street that faced directly onto the GPO like that?

Seems a bit strange alright. A map of the tramlines from the same era dosen't show any street with tracks curving into it directly across from the GPO.

Jimmy Magee

mambo wrote: »

Hmmm, was there ever a street that faced directly onto the GPO like that?

Indeed.

Discuss here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056375849

The Scientician

This might have been posted already but it's got some great footage of Dublin down the years. It's In Flags Or Flitters from 1991.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhlTizC53o