Before spray tan…
The goth girls of Dublin, 1989.
A short but memorable item on RTE fashion show, Head To Toe, presented by Mary Sullivan.
Watch here.
Ever wonder where goth girls go?
We don’t know about the rest of them but the Elvira-clad goth (top pic right) is Beibhinn Byrne (below left with Elsa Jones), who can be regularly can be seen on TV3′s Midday.
Broadsheet readers will know Beibhinn as Caspar ‘The Friendly Hipster Kid’s ma.
Previously: The Cure In Ballsbridge, 1989
I’m feeling very old right now! The Grafton Cafe anyone???
When did Grafton Street become pedestrianised?!
I’m feeling positively ancient. The Coffee Inn, anyone?
Carrot cake at Marks Brothers?
And after coffee then Bartley Dunnes/The Old Chinaman and then onto the Olympic..
Top left is Lolo, now living in London and playing in the worlds finest Monks tribute band, The Nuns.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jammyegg/2742293017/
Ha, ha, ha, ha…. pick me up off the floor!!
From teen-goth to daytime-TV3…. brilliantly wonderful!!
I remember going to my Granny’s en famille in 1989 and The Cure. We didn’t know who all the people who looked like zombies were. My older sister had to inform us who The Cure were. I am sure she used the late 80s equivalent of #losers about her innocent family.
The Cure were playing the RDS
I’m a big fan of Goth Girls – but who would have guessed that under that war paint was a complete stunner. Looks a lot like Vera Farmiga.
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OMG
What’s that glass boxy thing in background of pic 4??
Dublin Millennium sticker – check
Traffic on Grafton Street – Check
Telecom Eireann phone box –Check
Are these photos the inspiration for this week’s broadsheet posts ha ha
Is it really 1989 then if Grafton Street still has traffic ? I see West Jewellers in the back ground but after the initial pedestrianisation trial I thought it was done on a permanent basis since the mid80s ?
There was no traffic on Grafton in ’89. That’s South Anne street, probably outside McGonagle’s.
Correct.
That makes sense, I was thinking it was South Annes Street but couldn’t picture if Wests backed onto it.
My first gig was Manic Street Preachers in McGonagles – my mate won the tickets on the Beatbox!!
That was my first gig too! Wasn’t a huge fan but tagged along with some friends. My 14 year old self thought “gig” sounded so cool and grownup. My friends had to ask me to stop dropping the word into every conversation.
I’m as cool now as I was then. i.e. not at all.
Grafton Street was pedestrianised then I believe. That second last pic is actually South Anne Street facing back over Grafton Street with the hulking Westbury in the far background (top left of Telecom Eireann phone box):-) Just checked it out on Google maps. I suppose I best get back to work now…
Not a Ugg Boot , Fake Tan or Juicy Couture arse in sight …happy days
vile even
And this is why it sucked to be male and 17 in 1989.
I once went to see The Mission at the SFX, wearing a floppy shirt and.. well, I’d never admit that under my real name, to be honest.
Come to think of it, The Mission were more ‘Grebo’, no..? rather than Goth.
PWEI were grebo. The Mission were Goth.
Their gig in the Olympic ballroom was a howl.
remember..
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Hey, I remember those girls! wow, good times