Free Tomorrow?
Brian McMahon, of Brand New Retro tweetz:
Our Dublin’s Discos 1965-1980 exhibition launches this Thursday at The Other Hand/The Circular. An ‘open gallery’ will take place between 5-7pm where you are very welcome to come and view the exhibition.
Please wear a mask and respect social distancing during the open exhibition. The Circular team will be keeping an eye on capacity at the door & will have the ventilation on full blast! If you would like to stay for a drink.
Bookings here
Give me the keys.
Brand New Retro writes:
Last Race, End of the day, Galway Race by Pádraig Ó’Flannabhra from his 1986 book, Ireland Beyond the Pale.
Hic.
Woman’s Choice magazine, 1969
Budget-beating grooviness for the day that’s in it.
Damn hippies.
Via Brand New Retro
Earlier: Primarkable
Gabriel Byrne is 70 today!
He was 30 when photographed here with May Pang and Pandora Moore in 1980 when they recorded a pop single as Ménage à Trois. pic.twitter.com/yF2w6xEuyl— Brand New Retro (@brandnewretro) May 12, 2020
Twink!
Gabriel Byrne doing his best Inspector Clouseau!
Half of Horslips!
The hunt for the proper video has to start now.
Thanks Nat King Coleslaw
The Hornet (British comic) , early 1970s
Brown ale football.
Straight from the tap.
Brian ‘Doug’ McMahon of Brand New Retro writes:
Jack Charlton 85 today!
Meanwhile..
Jack Charlton is 85 today. Love this Dave Maher pic from his last visit to Lansdowne Road five years ago. pic.twitter.com/FYdlkaHaF4
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) May 8, 2020
On a mission to the unknown (changing at Limerick Junction)
Brand New Retro writes:
CIÉ train hostess with newly designed uniform 1971…
AIB drive-in-bank on Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4 in 1961; how it looks today
Brand New Retro tweetz:
“Ireland’s first drive-in-bank opened in 1961 at (now) AIB Upper Baggot Street D4. Officially opened by [then junior minister] Charles Haughey who then drove up to the cashier’s window and made the first lodgement, a gold sovereign.’
Name that jammer (top), anyone?
Via Office procedure and business knowledge – Ireland 1976 (Brand New Retro)
For the day that’s in it.
It was for this.
Shoot! magazine’s match report from the Republic of Ireland’s jammy comprehensive one goal victory over England at the 1988 European Championship.
Meanwhile..
The unfortunately absent and badly injured Liam Brady with his feet up in Germany.
Via Brand New Retro
The Brand New Retro Buke (Liberties Press)
Meanwhile…
Pierre Le Pup can predict Euro 2016 matches like no other – watch as he calls the winner of tonight's opening game.https://t.co/lKfl780Gf5
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) June 10, 2016
Arf.
Brand New Retro‘s Brian McMahon will launch the Brand New Retro buke this Thursday at 6.30pm upstairs in the Workman’s Club [Wellington Quay], Dublin.
It’s the best of and latest greatest hits from the Brand New Retro site.
Brian writes:
After almost 5 years of digitising content for brandnewretro.ie the time is right to bring these scans back to the format in which they first appeared, and the format in which they are best appreciated. Print. I am delighted to announce that the Brand New Retro book will be on sale from this Thursday. The book is a uniquely Irish compendium of over 700 images, adverts and articles featuring the best bits from brandnewretro.ie along with lots of new scans. The book is a collaboration with my pal Joe Collins and is published through Liberties Press.
Meanwhile..
A night of Irish pop culture will ensue at MVP, Clanbrassil Steet, Dublin 8 tonight.
This Is Banter will be joined by Brian, Joe Collins and Sinead Kenny to talk about the motivation behind Brand New Retro and the early days of Irish pop culture and Life before the Internet.
Yay!
Brian McMahon, with Joe Collins, writes:
After almost 5 years of digitising content for brandnewretro.ie the time is right to bring these scans back to the format in which they first appeared, and the format in which they are best appreciated. Print.
I am delighted to announce that the Brand New Retro book will be on sale from early November.
The book is a uniquely Irish compendium of over 700 images, adverts and articles featuring the best bits from brandnewretro.ie along with lots of new scans.
The book is published by Liberties Press and will be launched at Eason bookstore, O’Connell Street, Dublin on Thursday, November 12.
