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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.

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

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.

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.

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.'

Two black and white photographs of O'Connell Street from the bridge. The top one from 1966 shows the remains of Nelson's Pillar while the bottom from present day shows the Spire.

Two black and white photographs of O'Connell Street during the rain. The one on the left shows Nelson's Pillar while the one on the right shows the Spire in the background.

Two black and white photographs of the Liffey and the surrounding docklands from above.
McMahon recreated the photos as faithfully as possible, using the same exposure settings, in the same locations – even at the same time of day and in the same weather. In the photo on the left the shadows on the Custom House – the large domed building in the foreground – are in the exact same position. Almost everything else has changed.

Black and white picture of a bus driving down Grafton Street and crowds walking the path prepedestrianisation.

A black and white photo taken in 1969 of four little girls playing skipping in front of the flats in Ballymun, Dublin.