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A black and white photograph of Winston Churchill being followed by Brendan Braken out of 10 Downing Street by Central Press. With Braken's signature also in the bottom of the frame. From Getty 'Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) leaves Downing Street in London with Irish journalist and Conservative politician Brendan Braken (1901 – 1958).'

Winston Churchill leaves 10 Downing Street with his ‘faithful chela,’ Brendan Bracken. One of the most mysterious Dubliners of the 20th Century, Bracken was an adventurer who tried to disguise his roots (Dublin/Tipperary), claiming instead to be Australian. A Tory MP at the age of 28, he published both the Economist and the Financial Times, and was loyal to Churchill when the latter had been cast into the political wilderness after the First World War. In 1940, when Ireland practiced scrupulous neutrality, Brendan Bracken played a key role in Churchill’s succession as Prime Minister, and went on to serve as Minister of Information for three years. Viscount Bracken died in 1958 at the age of 57. He is the subject of an excellent biography by fellow Dubliner Charles Lysaght.

A colour photograph of Muhammad Ali in his boxing gear and standing in a fighting stance outdoors with fields behind him. From Getty 'Muhammad Ali during training on 10 July 1972 for his fight with Al 'Blue' Lewis held at Croke Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.'

Muhammad Ali fought Al Lewis in Croke Park in July 1972. The promoter Harry Conrad had always wanted to stage a heavyweight fight, and managed to convince Ali to fight Lewis in Dublin for $200,000. He is shown here training for the fight. Ticket sales were slow, but about 5,000 people managed to sneak in without paying. The fight itself was not very exciting – Lewis barely troubled Ali – but people were still thrilled to see Ali fight. Fans swamped the field around the ring and it took almost half an hour to clear a path back to the dressing rooms.

Poster advertising Lourdes to Dublin flights by Aer Lingus.

A poster for the ESB with a drawing of a woman relaxing in her home encouraging potential customers to switch to electricity by describing how it will make their life easier. Can be dated 1929.

It is arguable that the most positive decision made by the new Free State government was to build the Shannon Scheme. The project cost £5.5 million, which was about 20% of the government day to day expenditure at that time, and it involved the construction of Ardnacrusha Power Station. Critics of the scheme said it would be a White Elephant as the demand for electricity would never be sufficient to justify the project costs. They were wrong. There was a huge growth in electricity sales from 43kWh hours in 1930 to 218kWh hours in 1937. ESB’s first showroom at 25 St. Stephens Green was part of the success story. Opening in 1929, it sold £315.6sh.8d worth of electrical equipment in its first week of business.

White ceramic bowl, instructions printed in green on lid

Small bronze statue of horse, cart and driver

Flat cylindrical bottle

Centenary history of St Vincent's Hospital. Leather cover. Note attached with yellow ribbon: 'Given to me by my friend Phel O'Byrne, one of three sister who trained in SVH St. Stephen's Green'

Blue canvas bag full of coasters

Flag, triangular fold, in plastic bag