Brand New Retro: The Spirit of Christmas Presents Past
Brian McMahon of Brand New Retro takes a quick look at vintage adverts for Christmas gifts produced by leading Irish manufacturers.
Brand New Retro: The Spirit of Christmas Presents Past
Brian McMahon of Brand New Retro takes a quick look at vintage adverts for Christmas gifts produced by leading Irish manufacturers.
Brand New Retro: Brian Murphy, 18 in ’63
Brian recalls some of his memories from sixty years ago.
Our Pick of Christmas Markets, Winter Fairs and Festive Pop-Ups To Enjoy in Dublin in 2023!
‘Tis the season to meet some of the city’s finest artisans, at one of the many Christmas markets popping up across Dublin this month.
Brand New Retro: Old Nudes
Considering Playboy magazine was banned in Ireland for over 35 years, one wonders how two homegrown imitation magazines ever got published here in the 1970s.
Brand New Retro: 20 League of Ireland Pop Connections
To celebrate 20 years since the League of Ireland switched to summer football, we give you 20 connections the league has had with pop music.
Brand New Retro: How Does it Feel? Blue Monday at 40
In 2023, Blue Monday will be forty-years old. Forty years of filling the floors at house parties, discos, indie nights, techno nights, 21sts and weddings. Brian McMahon asks the question,…
Brand New Retro: Yellow Press 1991 – 1994
Yellow Press was an Irish comic published from 1991 to 1994. Describing itself as the ‘premier periodical for the nineties kind of person’ and ‘not suitable for young children’ it…
Brand New Retro: Too Late Fanzine 1978 – 1982
Too Late was a Dundalk-based homemade magazine that was also sold in Dublin between 1978 and 1981. Brian McMahon asked its editor and publisher, Eamonn McMahon (yes relation) to reflect…
Brand New Retro: Paul Martin – First Face
During Lockdown, fashion photographer Paul Martin unearthed boxes of negatives that inspired him to publish his new book First Face: a collection of photographs of new Irish models shot in…
Brand New Retro: The Beat Scene Boys in Town – May 1968
This photo, taken in May 1968 at the top of Grafton St, shows six lead singers and four DJs from the Dublin beat scene - all young, all looking smart,…
Brand New Retro: Christmas Presents Past
From tins of biscuits and tobacco to packets of cheese and nylons, Brian McMahon of Brand New Retro takes a quick look at vintage adverts for Christmas gifts produced by…
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…