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1979 Conferring of the Freedom of the City to Pope John Paul II
IE LMOD 626 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

A colour photograph of Pope John Paul II receiving the Freedom of the City of Dublin on 29 September 1979. In the front is Frank Feely, city manager, Willy Cummihey and Archbishop Dermot Ryan.

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1960s Smithfield Fruit Market Tokens
IE LMOD 631 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

5 circular and 3 triangular brass coloured tokens that were used in the Smithfield market.

These tokens were used in Dublin’s fruit market in Smithfield. Tokens such as these would have been common in the city once. Some would have been used when there was an absence of actual coinage, while others would have been used by merchants catering to wealthy customers who disliked handling cash.

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1947 Éamon de Valera with Dr. Alan Thompson and Dr. Bethal Solomons
1947 Éamon de Valera with Dr. Alan Thompson and Dr. Bethal Solomons
IE LMOD 643 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of Éamon de Valera being greeted by Dr. Bethal Solomons with Dr. Alan Thompson in the background. The frame is captioned with the year and people photographed.

A rare photograph of then-Taoiseach Éamon de Valera smiling. De Valera is being greeted by Dr. Bethal Solomons at the Rotunda Bicentenary Congress. Dr. Solomons was “a world famous obstetrician and gynaecologist, rugby international, horseman, leader of liberal Jewry and of Irish literary and artistic renaissance.” Master of the Rotunda Hospital, he won ten caps on the Irish rugby team, was the first president of the Liberal Synagogue in Dublin, and was even mentioned in Finnegans Wake.

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1975 Volunteers Abbey Theatre Poster
IE LMOD 650 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

Blue and black poster on white backing for the world premier of Brian Friel's 'Volunteers' in the Abbey Theatre on 5 March 1975 showing two men digging.

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1966 The Docklands 1966,The Docklands 2009
IE LMOD 655 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

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.

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1989 Dublin Horse Show Poster
1989 Dublin Horse Show Poster
IE LMOD 657 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

A colour poster for the Kerrygold Dublin Horse Show in the RDS 8-12 August 1989 with green writing a collection of photographs of the Horse Show.

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1954 Shamrock Rovers photo
IE LMOD 668 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of the Shamrock Rovers football team.

Shamrock Rovers F.C. was founded in Ringsend in 1901. This celebrated club has supplied more players to the Irish national team than any other, and it remains the most successful club in Irish history. Shamrock Rovers have always worn a green and white striped strip (until 1926 the stripes were vertical).

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1948 Schools International photo
1948 Schools International photo
IE LMOD 684 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

Two black and white photographs, the Irish team on the left and the English team on the right. Caption at the top of both pictures 'Schools International England v Eire Played at Griffin Park, Brentford - May 8th 1948. England 0 Eire 1 1948' with both pictures listing the names of the respective teams underneath.

Irish schoolboys took on their English counterparts in the 1948 Schools International, and beat them 1-0 on home ground. Many of the players on the Irish team came from the Johnville and Home Farm teams, including Gerry Mackey, the team captain. Mackey went on to play for Shamrock Rovers and is the only man to have captained the Irish team at schoolboy, youth and senior levels.

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Current banknotes of Ireland pamphlet with banknotes
Current banknotes of Ireland pamphlet with banknotes
IE LMOD 686 · Stuk · Twentieth Century

Green card pamphlet detailing current banknotes of Ireland (1990s) and their security features. Contains a 10 shilling, 10 punt and 5 punt. The 10 shilling is from 1951, the other two from 1994.

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