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Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode at the Hill 16 pub on Gardiner street in Dublin, 1983.Photo by Adrian Boot
28/08/2026

Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode at the Hill 16 pub on Gardiner street in Dublin, 1983.

Photo by Adrian Boot

26/08/2026

Dolly Parton on vacation in Ireland...walks into a pub in County Kerry and is asked to sing a song.

22/08/2026

Dublin teenagers identifying as punks, skinheads and rude boys describe their tribe. Punks, skinheads, mackintosh skinheads, ska boys, rude boys, nutty boys, mods, teds, road rockers, Vikings, greasers and gangsters. These are just some of the tribes influencing the young people who congregate around the Dandelion Market on St Stephen’s Green Dublin.

Footage from Ireland’s Eye broadcast on 10 December 1980. The reporter is Mark Cagney. Courtesy of RTE.

29/07/2026

Growing up on Sheriff Street, 1970

RTE broadcast on 26 November 1970.
The reporter is Patrick Gallagher.
Courtesy of RTE.

23/07/2026

A classic bit of Irish horse trading from Castleisland, Co Kerry, filmed in 1973.

Maurice "Mossie" Reidy is looking for £300 for his mare, while Mr Raymond wont go above £225. Despite the efforts of a mediator to strike a deal, neither man is willing to budge.

A brilliant snapshot of the art of Irish haggling and rural life, captured in an episode of Halls Pictorial Weekly in 1973.

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