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Green paperback official guide from c. 1931–1937

Two brown Thomas Paper pags

Map of part of North West Dublin. Black and white map showing from part of the Phoenix Park to Smithfield, the Liffey to Cabra Lane. ‘An Exact Survey of the City and Suburbs of Dublin in Which is expressed the Ground Plot of all Publick buildings dwelling Houses, warehouses, stables, courts, yards’

Hot Press Vol 3, No 20, March 29th – April 11th. Headline ‘The Class of 80 Goes to London’ with a black and white group photo. Also displays a page from inside the magazine with the article ‘U2 sign to Island’

“By 1980,” recalls John Stephenson, “a young advertising executive called Paul McGuinness had spent the last of his money on a new Dublin band he’d been managing since 1978. McGuinness had persuaded Chris Blackwell of Island Records that U2 were worth considering, but the album deal was far from done.” A showcase in London might do the trick. That’s where Stephenson came in – his Sense of Ireland Festival provided a platform for U2, the Virgin Prunes, Berlin, the Radiators from Space and Paul Cleary. Paul McGuinness persuaded Blackwell to bring the entire Island staff to the Acklam Hall, where U2 were playing as part of the festival. The band signed their first record deal a few days later. Hot Press is Ireland’s music magazine, founded in 1977 and edited to this day by Niall Stokes. The publication championed U2 and is still an important platform for emerging Irish music.