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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.”

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

A canvas mailbag made in Mountjoy Prison in 1979 with P and T stenciled on the side for use by Posts and Telegraphs.

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.

A colour photograph of Pope John Paul II receiving the Freedom of the City of Dublin on 29 September 1979. In the front is Frank Feely, city manager, Willy Cummihey and Archbishop Dermot Ryan.

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.