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1962 Irish Telephone Directory
1962 Irish Telephone Directory
IE LMOD 412 · Item · Twentieth Century

Phone directory with brown and red cover with white writing. ‘Eolaí Telefóin na hÉireann Irish Telephone Directory Deireadh Fómhair – October – 1962

This small telephone directory covers the whole of the Republic of Ireland – and less than half the book is devoted to phone numbers outside of Dublin. The first pages contain instructions on using a phone, with advice like ‘replace receiver before re-dialling,’ and ‘speak directly into the transmitter.’ There was no standard emergency number in those days – it is 999, 9999, 10 or 0, depending on the user’s location.

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1962 Dublin Airport Terminal
1962 Dublin Airport Terminal
IE LMOD 742 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of Dublin airport.

The airport was a British Royal Flying Corps base during World War I. It was taken over by the Air Corps when Ireland gained independence. Work commenced on the terminal in 1938 after the Government was persuaded to support “such an elaborate plan” despite the fact that annual passenger numbers were only in the hundreds. The tiered design and curvilinear forms echo the lines of the great ocean-going liners.

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1961 View over St. Stephen's Green by Charles Cushman
1961 View over St. Stephen's Green by Charles Cushman
IE LMOD 434 · Item · Twentieth Century

Colour photograph of the view of St. Stephen's Green showing the Dublin Mountains in the background from the Shelbourne Hotel taken by Charles Cushman on 9 June 1961.

This is the view from Charles Cushman’s bedroom in the Shelbourne Hotel on 9 June 1961. St. Stephen’s Green was marshy common-land until 1663, when Dublin Corporation enclosed the centre of the common and sold the perimeter for development. The park was walled-in in 1664, and restricted to local residents until 1877. Sir Arthur Guinness paid for it to be landscaped in 1880. There is a statue of him on the west side of the Green.

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1961 Grafton Street by Charles Cushman
1961 Grafton Street by Charles Cushman
IE LMOD 430 · Item · Twentieth Century

Colour photograph of Grafton Street taken by Charles Cushman on 13 June 1961.

Grafton Street was named after Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, the illegitimate son of Charles II. The street was developed from a country lane by the Dawson family in 1708. Today it feels like a bland British high street.

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1961 Dublin Theatre Festival
IE LMOD 743 · Item · Twentieth Century

A largely black and white poster for the Dublin Theatre festival with 'theatre festival' in red. The festival is dated on the poster as '10/24 September 1961'. Poster designed by Louis le Broquy.

The Dublin Theatre Festival is Europe’s oldest theatre festival, held annually since 1957. It brings major productions to Ireland, and provides a platform for local and more experimental work. This poster for the 1961 festival was designed by Louis le Brocquy.

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1961 Dublin Pub Scene
IE LMOD 615 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of two women and a man laughing at a bar while two barmen work in the background.

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1961 Dame Street by Charles Cushman
1961 Dame Street by Charles Cushman
IE LMOD 431 · Item · Twentieth Century

Colour photograph of a large group of cyclists on Dame Street taken by Charles Cushman on 8 June 1961.

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1961 Dame Street by Charles Cushman
1961 Dame Street by Charles Cushman
IE LMOD 433 · Item · Twentieth Century

Colour photograph of Dame Street showing 4 cyclists by City Hall taken by Charles Cushman on 8 June 1961.

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