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1991 Jonathan Philbin Bowman by Conor Horgan,
IE LMOD 776 · Item · Twentieth Century

There is a messer in every Dublin classroom. Jonathan Philbin Bowman was a freelance messer, at large in the city at a time – the late
1980s – when most of his peers were at school or college. The son of broadcaster John Bowman and his wife Dr Eimer Philbin Bowman, Jonathan had little time for conventional education, and was almost comically precocious. A fine mimic and boisterous conversationalist, he parlayed avocation as a journalist into an unlikely role at the centre of Dublin society. In the Coffee Inn, a famous dive-café on South Anne Street, the house speciality was the Bowman Burger (20p): one microwaved bowl of hot air. Their best customer was, of course, JPB. A great Dubliner, he died in 2000 at the age of 31.

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1990 The Kiss, Grafton Street by Sarah Cully
IE LMOD 605 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photo of a man wearing a Jesus Saves sandwich board staring at a young couple kissing on Henry Street taken by Sarah Cully.

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1987 Carmencita Hederman in Enniskillen
IE LMOD 558 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photography of Lord Mayor Carmencita Hederman presenting a book of condolences signed by the people of Dublin to the people of Enniskillen following the Enniskillen bombing November 1987.

In November 1987 eleven people were killed when an IRA bomb exploded during a Remembrance Day Service in Enniskillen. Carmencita Hederman, who was Lord Mayor at the time, remembers: “When a Book of Condolences was opened in the Mansion House, we kept having to run back down to Eason’s to buy new books because so many people turned up. At a memorial service in Enniskillen, I presented the book on behalf of the people of Dublin.” This photograph was taken during that service – note the presence of one Charles J Haughey.

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1985 Portrait of Samuel Beckett
1985 Portrait of Samuel Beckett
IE LMOD 302 · Item · Twentieth Century

Black and white photograph of Samuel Beckett taken by John Minihan in Paris in 1985 with the written caption ‘Samuel Beckett photographed near his home on Boulevard St Jacques, Paris, 1985.’
Samuel Beckett grew up in Foxrock, but spent most of his life in Paris, where he is here captured near his home on the Boulevard St. Jacques. Beckett is most famous for his minimalist plays, often laced with dark humour, like Waiting for Godot and Endgame. The man who took this photograph, John Minihan, is an engaging figure who recalls his youth with a puckish twinkle.

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1980s Camden Street by Tony O’Shea
IE LMOD 718 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photo taken on Camden Street by Tony O'Shea showing a dog on a man's lap riding a motorbike, creating the illusion that the dog is riding the bike, in front of a 16A bus.

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1980s Bus, Chapelizod by Tony O'Shea
IE LMOD 603 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of an old man on a bus sitting upstairs at the front taken by Tony O'Shea.

Tony O’Shea was arguably the city’s greatest press photographer in the latter half of the century. His ability to capture the reality of a situation was such that some luminaries feared being photographed by him. As Colm Tóibín once put it, “he is not the sort of photographer who helps politicians to win elections.”

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1980s Bus by Tony O'Shea
IE LMOD 604 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of a child lying across a bus seat with an old man sitting in the seat behind taken by Tony O'Shea.

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