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Two black and white photographs of the same part of Henry Street in 1966 and 2009. The left one has a bin with the caption 'Cleaner streets please' and the one on the right has a bin with the caption 'Litter is disgusting. So are those responsible.'

Print of a black and white photo of George Colley, Séan Lemass and Jack Lynch following Lynch’s victory to succeed Lemass as Taoiseach and Colley’s loss in 1966 taken by Colman Doyle.
Colman Doyle was one of the first documentary-style photographers in Ireland. And this picture is a classic. It was taken in 1966 just after the Fianna Fáil leadership election. George Colley has just been informed that he’s lost the election to Jack Lynch, who is calling his wife to tell her the news. Seán Lemass, the retiring Taoiseach, is in the centre. Lynch was Lemass’s preferred candidate. He went on to serve two terms as Taoiseach.

A black and white photograph of a book shop with the sign 'The Dublin Bookshop' over the top and a bike parked on the street outside with the sign 'Fred Hanna Ltd. Booksellers 29 Nassau St.' on it.

A black and white photo of the bar inside McDaids pub showing a barman at work.

Orange Dublin Theatre Festival poster. Large. Framed. Designed by Pat Scott.

A black and white picture of a sign inside a pub saying 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Served in Lounge'

A colour photograph of Sean O'Casey's room showing a number of books and religious pictures and icons. From Getty 'Sean O'Casey’s Room at 42 Mount Joy Square where O'Casey lived and which was also the setting for his play ‘Shadow of a Gunman’.'

Sean O’Casey lived in this tenement flat at 42 Mountjoy Square. It was the setting for his play, Shadow of a Gunman. O’Casey never forgave the Abbey Theatre for rejecting his fourth play, The Silver Tassie, and left Dublin for good in the late 1920s. He died in Torquay in 1964.

A black and white still of Mike Murphy leaning against a car from the film 'Girl With Green Eyes'.

Edna O’Brien wrote the screenplay for her novel of the same name, which was filmed in 1964. The dashing chap on the right hand side of this photo is a young Mike Murphy, who would later enjoy fame as a broadcaster. The cast also featured TP McKenna, Lynn Redgrave and the great Australian actor Peter Finch.