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1980 Bagatelle 'Summer in Dublin' single
IE LMOD 667 · Item · Twentieth Century

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.”

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1980 Bord Fáilte Sign
1980 Bord Fáilte Sign
IE LMOD 348 · Item · Twentieth Century

White writing on brown background 'Joint venture, Bord Fáilte Ireland East Tourism 1980. Comhfhiontar Fáilte Oirthear Eireann.' The centre has the Shamrock Bord Fáilte logo.

A city on Show. Bord Fáilte was Ireland’s tourism promotion organisation from 1955 until it was succeeded by Fáilte Ireland in 2003. In those days it put up signs at heritage sites, advertised Ireland abroad and produced events like the Rose of Tralee and the Dublin Theatre Festival.

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1980 Brian Friel Faith Healer Abbey Theatre Poster
1980 Brian Friel Faith Healer Abbey Theatre Poster
IE LMOD 649 · Item · Twentieth Century

Black and white poster on white backing for the Irish premier of Brian Friel's 'Faith Healer' in the Abbey Theatre on 28 August 1980 showing the three main characters Francis Hardy, Grace and Teddy.

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1980 Cheque from Ben Dunne Snr. to Ben Dunne Jnr.
IE LMOD 645 · Item · Twentieth Century

An Ulster Bank Limited cheque from Ben Dunne Snr. to Ben Dunne Jnr. for £100 dated 4/6/1980

This cheque was written by the late Ben Dunne Snr. to his son, but never cashed. Ben Dunne Snr. was the founder of Dunnes Stores, one of Ireland’s largest supermarket chains. The first Dunnes opened in 1944 in Cork. By 1966 the business had expanded greatly, with nine branches in Dublin, and Dunne bought two disused factories in the Dublin suburb of Cornellstown and turned them into his first supermarket.

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1980 Dermot Bolger's Typewriter
1980 Dermot Bolger's Typewriter
IE LMOD 367 · Item · Twentieth Century

Grey with black detail typewriter that was used by Dermot Bolger.

This typewriter belongs to the playwright, poet and novelist Dermot Bolger, who was born in Finglas in 1959. Bolger has worked as a factory hand, library assistant and publisher. A respected voice in Irish literature, his novels include Night Shift and The Journey Home.

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1980 Hirschfeld Centre Plaque
IE LMOD 691 · Item · Twentieth Century

A gold coloured plaque saying Hirschfeld Centre in black writing.

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1980 Portrait of Christy Brown
IE LMOD 700 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photographic portrait of Christy Brown.

Christy Brown was an author, painter and poet who suffered from cerebral palsy. He is most famous for his autobiograpy My Left Foot – his left leg was the only limb over which he had complete control, so he taught himself to write and paint with his left foot. Noel Pearson’s 1989 film of the same name, directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day Lewis as Brown, is one of the most celebrated Irish movies of the last 30 years.

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1980 U2 & Hot Press
1980 U2 & Hot Press
IE LMOD 442 · Item · Twentieth Century

Hot Press Vol 3, No 20, March 29th – April 11th. Headline ‘The Class of 80 Goes to London’ with a black and white group photo. Also displays a page from inside the magazine with the article ‘U2 sign to Island’

“By 1980,” recalls John Stephenson, “a young advertising executive called Paul McGuinness had spent the last of his money on a new Dublin band he’d been managing since 1978. McGuinness had persuaded Chris Blackwell of Island Records that U2 were worth considering, but the album deal was far from done.” A showcase in London might do the trick. That’s where Stephenson came in – his Sense of Ireland Festival provided a platform for U2, the Virgin Prunes, Berlin, the Radiators from Space and Paul Cleary. Paul McGuinness persuaded Blackwell to bring the entire Island staff to the Acklam Hall, where U2 were playing as part of the festival. The band signed their first record deal a few days later. Hot Press is Ireland’s music magazine, founded in 1977 and edited to this day by Niall Stokes. The publication championed U2 and is still an important platform for emerging Irish music.

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1980s Bottler's Blazer
IE LMOD 720 · Item · Twentieth Century

A green blazer with a Dublin crest on the left breast and gold and green trimmings belonging to the Brendan Grace character Bottler.

Dublin comedian Brendan Grace – born in the Liberties in 1951 – is best known for his character Bottler the schoolboy. He got his start in showbusiness as the lead singer of a showband, The Gingermen. This is one of the blazers he wore as Bottler.

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