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A colour movie poster for My Left Foot, with a hand drawn picture of the various characters on the left and quotes of praise for the film and actor and production information on the right.

A black and white photograph of group of children on the street, many of them bare foot. From Getty: Children hanging around the Dolphin door begging for money and food.

A black and white photograph of a banner hanging in front of the Ierish tims building showing the election results by how many seats each party has. From Getty 'Election results posted on at The Irish Times on the 1 February 1948.'

A green blazer with a Dublin crest on the left breast and gold and green trimmings belonging to the Brendan Grace character Bottler.

Dublin comedian Brendan Grace – born in the Liberties in 1951 – is best known for his character Bottler the schoolboy. He got his start in showbusiness as the lead singer of a showband, The Gingermen. This is one of the blazers he wore as Bottler.

A black and white still of Mike Murphy leaning against a car from the film 'Girl With Green Eyes'.

Edna O’Brien wrote the screenplay for her novel of the same name, which was filmed in 1964. The dashing chap on the right hand side of this photo is a young Mike Murphy, who would later enjoy fame as a broadcaster. The cast also featured TP McKenna, Lynn Redgrave and the great Australian actor Peter Finch.

A black and white postcard saying 'Fianna Fáil Candidates Dublin Finglas Area' showing black and white photographs of the three candidates with their professions underneath: Bertie Ahern (Accountant), Danny Bell (Councillor), Jim Tunney (shadow minister). Signed 'My first election, June '77 Bertie Ahern'

Bertie Ahern was either an anorak-wearing man of the people or a political operator so smooth that nothing would stick to him – the Teflon Taoiseach. He resigned in 2008, giving his successor the ultimate hospital pass.

Poster for Fianna Fáil's national collection to help fund the party. The collection was held at local churches and the notice lists some of the things the party hopes to achieve such as 'the international recognition of the Sovereign Independence of Ireland' and 'abolition of the foreign imposed partition of the country'.

Transcript of Séan Lemass' Dáil speech on the Transport Bill on 9 May 1944 when he was Minister for Industry and Commerce.