Brand New Retro: Tony Rodgers & The Witches Hut
Dublin had seen nothing like it before. Staff danced and sang to movie soundtracks, Hieronymus Bosch paintings hung on the wall, and when it got hot in the summer, the stylists worked outside.
Brand New Retro: O’Connell Street Dublin 1988
The strip from O’Connell Bridge to the GPO is essentially the same as it was in 1988 but now comes with a flat white.
Brand New Retro: Dalymount Park
Years before Croke Park, Marlay Park or the Phoenix Park, Dalymount was the only venue hosting major concerts.
Brand New Retro: Butlins Mosney
When the camp first opened, the Catholic Standard newspaper warned: “Holiday camps are an English idea and are alien and undesirable in an Irish Catholic country…”
Brand New Retro: Twilfit House
The building is a wonderful example of indigenous industrial architecture, but with plans approved to demolish it for a new 8-storey hotel, one fears 2018 may be the twilight year for Twilfit House.
Brand New Retro: Eurovision, Dublin, 1971
Staging Ireland’s first ever Eurovision was a massive undertaking for RTE. But it was a success and proved we could put on a show as tacky, glitzy and expensive as anyone else.
Brand New Retro: The Irish Export Fashion Fair
April 1964 and the Irish Export Fashion Fair surpasses all expectations.
Brand New Retro: Streaking in Dublin 4, March 1974
Man Alive inserted black boxes over the photos. Rectangles for eyes, squares for everything else. Nothing for bums.
Brand New Retro: Zhivago Nightclub
“Where love stories begin”.
Brand New Retro: Miss Magazine
Miss magazine was a bright and bubbly monthly aimed at Irish teenagers and young women which was published by the Creation Group in 1965 and 1966.
Brian McMahon: Brand New Retro
Late last year, Liberties Press published Brand New Retro: Vintage Irish Pop Culture and Lifestyle in a tasty coffee-table format that allows you to flick through the history of Irish print, from saucy proto-lad mags, to now quaint opinion and advice columns, to glamorous and glorious fashion spreads. We talked to Brian about his journey from sticking together his own Dundalk punk fanzine, Too Late, with his brother to the publication of this delicious time capsule of a book.
Roadmap: RetróEire
“Inspired by Irish landmarks, memories and everyday icons, we create contemporary prints that celebrate Ireland’s story.” – Kate Swift, RetróEire
A New Form of Beauty: Dublin Youth Culture, Street Style and Subculture History, 1960s to 1990s
“The young Dubliners in this exhibition turned their ordinary into extraordinary.” A riveting glimpse into the way we were. And the way we dressed.
HALFTONE – Dublin’s Fresh New Print Fair Turns Ten!
A celebration of printed matter in all its forms, HALFTONE is an initiative by PhotoIreland, hosted every November at The Library Project.
Retro Cinema Review: Gladiator
“If it was the last great sword-and-sandals movie, it’s proven to have remarkable durability.” 17 years on from its initial release we revisit blockbuster Gladiator.
Dublin In The Rare Auld Times – Ballybough & North Strand Festival of History 2025
Discover the area’s rich cultural past – from football heroes and famine journeys to legendary musicians, actors, and political figures.
Roll With It – Bohemian FC X Oasis
Bohemian Football Club, in partnership with Oasis, have just announced the release of the club’s 2025 FAI Cup jersey.
Roadmap: I Was There – The Tenth Man
A new podcast series from The Tenth Man takes listeners behind the scenes of legendary Irish live music moments.
