Item IE LMOD 412 - 1962 Irish Telephone Directory

Paper, ink. 24 x 18.5 x 4 cm

25/07/2011

Phone directory with brown and red cover with white writing. ‘Eolaí Telefóin na hÉireann Irish Telephone Directory Deireadh Fómhair – October – 1962

This small telephone directory covers the whole of the Republic of Ireland – and less than half the book is devoted to phone numbers outside of Dublin. The first pages contain instructions on using a phone, with advice like ‘replace receiver before re-dialling,’ and ‘speak directly into the transmitter.’ There was no standard emergency number in those days – it is 999, 9999, 10 or 0, depending on the user’s location.

Discolouring and wear from age. 1962 written along bottom in marker. Various numbers written on the inside front page in pen.