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Geriatric camera
IE LMOD 1115 · Item · Twentieth Century

Geriatric camera previously belonging to IT press photographer George Leitch

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Giant Irish Elk Skull
IE LMOD 2174 · Item · Twentieth Century

Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) c.12,000 - 18,000 B.C. An impressive prehistoric Giant Elk cranium, pedicle and antler stems. The cranium extending to upper eye sockets. 32½" wide, on custom-made stand.

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Gibson Sculpture
IE LMOD 1182 · Item · Twentieth Century
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IE LMOD 2228 · Item · Twentieth Century

Black, iron door knocker from Gills Bookshop on Upper O'Connell Street with a hand and a wreath.
This iron knocker is from Gills bookshop formerly on Upper O’Connell Street. The building was one of the few in the street to survive the bombardment of 1916 and remained unchanged from its construction c. 1790 until the shop front was remodelled in 1965. The building was destroyed by fire in September 1979.

The knocker will have been used by a host of famous writers, academics, politicians and churchmen who were either published by Gills or visited the bookshop. Among these were Patrick Pearse, Arthur Griffith, W.B. Yeats, William Carleton, Eoin MacNeill, William Bulfin, Daniel Corkery, Douglas Hyde, Sinéad de Valera, Canon Sheehan and Sir William Wilde.

During the War of Independence the basement of the building was occasionally used as a practise firing range by Dick McKee and other members of the IRA. The target was a framed picture of King George V of England. McKee worked in Gills as a printer and the sound of gunfire was absorbed by the thousands of books stored in the basement.

Gill is mentioned twice in James Joyce’s Ulysses and the company features briefly in Finnegan’s Wake.

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Glass Baby Bottle
IE LMOD 1286 · Item · Twentieth Century

Pyrex 225 cc baby bottle

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Glass soda water syphon.
IE LMOD 919 · Item · Twentieth Century

Glass soda water syphon. Heavy glass bottle. Label at neck reads 'Soda Water, Thwaites, Patent. Inventors of soda water. Pour down side of glass.' Silver tap with lever for pouring.

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IE LMOD 1866 · Item · Twentieth Century

Shamrock symbolising Shamrock Rovers made with timber from Glenmalure Park, Milltown, former home of Shamrock Rovers.

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Goddard's Silicone Wax tin
IE LMOD 1481 · Item · Twentieth Century

White tin, brown text 'The Effortless Protective Glaze for Floors'

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Gold Key
IE LMOD 1228 · Item · Twentieth Century

Large Gold Door Key

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