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Yellow Mc Gonagles sign with each individual letter.

McGonagle’s was a bar and live-music venue on South Anne Street in the 1970s. Many great bands played there, from U2 and the Stone Roses in their early days to acts like Death (the band after which Death Metal is named) and Sonic Youth. McGonagle’s has since been demolished to make way for a Hackett shop.

Cardboard box from Clery's with a picture of the store and the captions 'Ireland's Greatest Department Store' 'Tailoring Department' 'Clery and Co.(1941) Ltd. Dublin'

A box from Clery’s tailoring department in 1941. Clery’s was founded as ‘The New or Palatial Mart’ in 1853, bought over and renamed by M. J. Clery in 1883. The current building – which is modelled on Selfridge’s of London – dates from 1922, the original having been destroyed during the Easter Rising. In 1943, this much-loved department store was taken over by the Guiney family, who also owned the nearby Guiney’s department store.

Print of Bertie Ahern standing beside newspaper board with headline 'The Most Cunning of Them All' Headline is also on a Northside People newspaper by Graham Knuttel

Graham Knuttel painted gently satirical pictures of all the Taoisigh. This painting references Ahern’s reputation as a man of the people – his famous anorak, that pub in Drumcondra opposite his constituency office. Charlie Haughey’s much quoted description – “The Most Cunning of Them All” – refers to the other side of Ahern’s reputation.

Print of John Bruton in a shoe shop holding out a hand to child trying on shoes with their mother with 'Back to School' and 'Sale' by Graham Knuttel.

I've Seen Santa' badge for Switzers with a picture of a waving Santa.

Switzer’s department store had the best in-house Santa Claus, and their Christmas window displays were a seasonal benison. With lights, music and animatronic puppets, people would make trips from all over the country just to visit this much-missed institution.