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1980s Lambert Puppet Theatre Badges

IE LMOD 525 · Item · Twentieth Century

Set of 2 badges for the Lambert Puppet Theatre.

Picture of Mr. Crow on a white background with red text.
Picture of a dog on a red background with white text.

These two badges were produced by the Lambert Puppet Theatre, a much-loved local institution. Founded in 1972 by Eugene Lambert and his family, it was Ireland’s first purpose-built puppet theatre. The theatre also produced television programmes, including Wanderly Wagon and Bosco. Mr. Crow, depicted on one of the badges, was a character from Wanderly Wagon.

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1980 U2 & Hot Press

IE LMOD 442 · Item · Twentieth Century

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.

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1980 Brian Friel Faith Healer Abbey Theatre Poster

IE LMOD 649 · Item · Twentieth Century

Black and white poster on white backing for the Irish premier of Brian Friel's 'Faith Healer' in the Abbey Theatre on 28 August 1980 showing the three main characters Francis Hardy, Grace and Teddy.

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1980 Bagatelle 'Summer in Dublin' single

IE LMOD 667 · Item · Twentieth Century

The single cover is black with white writing 'Bagatelle Summer in Dublin' with a picture of the Liffey and Dublin city in the evening.
“I remember that summer in Dublin/And the Liffey as it stank like hell,” went the chorus to Dublin rock band Bagatelle’s 1980 number one Summer in Dublin. The smell of the Liffey was a serious problem – £25 million was set aside to clean up the river that year. The narrator decides to leave for somewhere cleaner and quieter, but when he gets bored, “I just get on the road and I stick out my thumb/’Cause I know for sure you’ll be there still.”

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1980 Bagatelle Promo shot

IE LMOD 666 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of the band Bagatelle in front of a 46A bus.

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1979 Dubliners Poster

IE LMOD 568 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white concert poster showing a picture of the Dubliners, without their name. 'Olympia Theatre commencing July 30th 1979 nightly at 8. Now Booking: Olympia Theatre Tel. 778962 Brown Thomas and Switzers'

The Dubliners were formed in 1962. By 1979, when the the folk band were booked to play a week of gigs in the Olympia, such was their popularity that the concerts sold out instantly, despite the fact that the printer forgot to put the name of the band on the posters.

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1978 Virgin Prunes Poster

IE LMOD 773 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white concert poster for the Virgin Prunes showing a picture of the band and captioned with ‘project arts club band’. ‘Art at the project sept. 18 7.59’

Bono joined the Virgin Prunes for a few songs at this gig in the Project Arts Centre. The Prunes were fronted by Gavin Friday, who was joined by fellow members of the ‘Lypton Village’ Guggi, David Watson, Strongman (Trevor Rowen), Dik Evans (brother of U2’s The Edge) and Anthony Murphy on drums.

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