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A black and white photo of the bar inside McDaids pub showing a barman at work.
LMODA 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.
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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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Colour photograph of a horse and cart on Dame Street with Christ Church in the background taken by Charles Cushman on 8 June 1961.
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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.
LMODA 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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Colour photograph of a large group of cyclists on Dame Street taken by Charles Cushman on 8 June 1961.
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Colour photograph of Dame Street showing 4 cyclists by City Hall taken by Charles Cushman on 8 June 1961.
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Colour photograph of College Green taken by Charles Cushman on 7 June 1961.
Trinity College takes up most of the background in this photo, with buses passing – College Green is still a bottleneck. The pedantic modern mind notes the absence of lane markings and traffic islands.
LMODColour photograph of O’Connell Street showing the GPO and Nelson’s Pillar as well as cars parked along the centre of the street taken by Colman Doyle.
This photograph shows the GPO on O’Connell Street. In 1966 the IRA blew up Nelson’s pillar, also pictured, and the Spire is now on the site that the pillar once occupied.