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Gay Byrne's Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin awarded on 11 May 1999. It has a picture of the Late Late Show owl on the bottom.

Gay Byrne hosted RTÉ’s flagship talk show, the Late Late Show, for 37 years from its first broadcast in 1962. Byrne was a major catalyst in the transformation of Irish society, riffing on abortion, contraception and homosexuality. The Late Late Show featured an owl on its opening credits, hence the owl’s appearance on Byrne’s freedom of the city award. Byrne retired in 1999, but still pops up on Irish television.

Signed 'Best Wishes from Alfie, Lord Mayor' The box has a picture of the Mansion House along with the flags of Ireland and Dublin and the crests of the four provinces in each corner. Captioned 'With sincere good wishes from the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman Alfred Byrne and the Lady Mayoress, Dublin 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936'

Bicycle-wheel maker, barman, publican, councillor, senator, MP, and TD, Alderman Alfred Byrne is best remembered as Lord Mayor of Dublin. Between 1930 and 1939 Alfie, as he was affectionately known, monopolised the post of Lord Mayor, serving the city for nine consecutive terms. A one-man political machine, he was known as The Shaking Hand of Dublin for his eternal canvassing, and he always carried a bag of sweets with him for the poor children of Dublin. Byrne returned to the Mansion House in 1954 for his tenth and final term. This gift box once contained Urney’s chocolates from Belgard Road in Tallaght.

Map of Dublin City with some areas coloured in yellow, orange and red.

Dublin Sheet 23 (Revisions 1936 - 1937). Compiled and printed by the Ordinance Survey Department and published by the Director at the Ordinance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Largely black and white map.

1. Orange: Wc 0394, 1 1/2D. Ad on back for Flanagan's Ltd.
   2.Blue: Sm 9924, 2D. Ad on back for Flanagan's and advertisement rates.
   3: Purple: Rk 9313, 2D. Ad on back for Shaws.
2. Pink: Uq 2280, 3d. Ad on back for Newtonsandes Creamery.
   5: Grey/Green: Yk 7755, 2 1/2d. Ad on back for Bradmola Stockings.
   6: Grey/Blue: Rp 1642, 2d. Ad on back for Lombardstown Creamery.

The tramways began operating in 1872 and the very last line closed in 1959. The last tram in the city proper left Nelson’s Pillar in 1949. The tram barely made it, as the Irish Times reported: “Tram No. 252, the last one, had struggled free from the clutches of thousands of souvenir hunters in Westmoreland Street and had set out for Blackrock; two hours later it crawled into its home depot. The tram’s seats were gone, windows smashed, side panelling ripped away, still accompanied by a roaring, singing, hooting crowd, which had to be forcibly restrained by police reinforcements from breaking into the Blackrock depot.”

Cardboard box with picture of Arnotts on Henry Street and words 'Arnott and Co Ltd. Tailoring Department Henry Street, Dublin' Can also be dated 1949.

Established at 15 Henry Street in 1843, Arnotts was for many years the largest department store in Dublin. Patrick Pearse allegedly stopped off to settle his account on his way to the GPO on the day of the Rising. In recent years the store has become a prominent victim of the recession.

Small wooden chest with black writing 'Robert Smyth and Sons Ltd. Tea Merchant 6 and 7 St. Stephen's Green North, Dublin'

Green sign with yellow writing 'Telefón Puiblí Public Telephone'

Yellow and orange tin with black writing 'Jacob's Cream Crackers, Original and Best'

Empty Milk Bottle with raised writing 'Merville Dairy, Finglas' on one side and on the other 'Unauthorised persons using this bottle will be prosecuted'.

The Merville Dairy collected milk in bulk from farmers, processed it and delivered it. Originally milk was delivered ‘loose’, poured into customers’ containers from vats on the truck, but this was phased out in favour of bottles by the 1930s. Eventually Merville was amalgamated into Premier Dairies, and the horse-drawn floats were phased out.