A circular red laynard with gold writing for a member's guest to the Carrolls Irish Open in Portmarnock 1976. It has the bumber 088 stamped on the back. It has a red string tied to the top.
LMODBlue and black poster on white backing for the world premier of Brian Friel's 'Volunteers' in the Abbey Theatre on 5 March 1975 showing two men digging.
LMODA print of a black and white photograph of Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, the founders of the Gate Theatre, walking in St. Stephen’s Green in 1975 taken by Bill Doyle.
Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir were romantic and business partners who opened the Gate Theatre together in 1928. Both were born in England. The photograph is by Bill Doyle, ‘Ireland’s Cartier-Bresson.’
Front page of the Irish Times, Dublin, Saturday, August 30, 1975 when Éamon De Valera died. It has a photo of De Valera and multiple articles about him and his life.
On Saturday 30 August 1975, the Irish Times announced the death of Éamon de Valera. A towering influence, he served multiple terms as a socially conservative Taoiseach and President. De Valera retired from politics in 1973 at the age of 90, the oldest head of state in the world at the time. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
LMODThe Barnardos bus provided pre-school education to children in areas with inadequate local resources. A familiar landmark in Rialto and on Sheriff Street, the bus had two classrooms and accommodated up to 20 children. A charge of 10p per day covered ‘bread’ provisions, but no child was ever refused for being unable to pay. Today Barnardos operates more than 40 centres in local communities across Ireland.
LMODFour Fine Gael election posters Tom O'Higgins (1973 Presidential Election) a double sided poster, published by AF Hussey, Solr. 17 Northumberland Road.
LMODA colour photograph by Richard Tilbrook of people walking down O'Connell Street including a woman talking with a nun in full habit and a man carrying a ladder taken in June 1973.
LMODA vinyl LP of Thin Lizzy's 'Shades of A Blue Orphanage'. Blue cover with black and white pictures, the front of three children and the back shows the three bandmembers walking through St. Stephen's Green, dated 10 January 1962.
Shades of a Blue Orphanage is Thin Lizzy’s second album, released in 1972. The name is a composite of the members’ previous bands, Shades of Blue and Orphanage. The band is pictured walking beside the pond in St. Stephen’s Green on the back cover.
LMODPages 11 and 12 from the Sunday Independent, 9 July 1972.
The Irish Independent was launched in 1905, successor to the Daily Irish Independent. The paper was owned by William Martin Murphy, and stayed in his family until it was purchased by Tony O’Reilly in a protracted coup between February 1972 and March 1973. This issue from July 1972 features a short, sycophantic profile of the new boss – no more, really, than a snapshot of his rapid rise. O’Reilly made his first million that year, and the Independent would soon become the cornerstone of his media empire.
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