Brand New Retro

1995

Velure – Late Night Club at the Gaiety Theatre 1993-98

Velure was a very popular late night club […]

1977

Advert for Irish Life Centre Dublin 1977

Advert for the planned Irish Life Centre from 1977. Colour photo by Frank Farrell, taken from Facts About Ireland book 1981 which had this to say about the building … “A section of the […]

house and home

Stradbally Hall 1951 – 53 years before the first Electric Picnic.

The April, 1951 issue of Irish Tatler & Sketch ran […]

Booklets

Ireland Now – 1948 Booklet by David O’Neill

We’ve scanned a selection of pages and adverts from this […]

1983

Cork Cocktail Spots – 5 Adverts from 1983

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Hot Press October 28th, […]

1980

4 booklets from The Catholic Truth Society of Ireland 1950s

The Catholic Truth Society of Ireland was founded in 1899 […]

1961

5 Irish Wool Knitting Patterns from early 1960s

Irish wool knitting patterns between 1961 and 1964 from Mahonys […]

1973

6 Adverts for Irish Financial Institutions from 1973

All above adverts scanned by Brand New Retro from the […]

2000 onwards

New Spotlight show live at Vicar St, March 2017.

Below is a guest post from Louise Coughlan, daughter of […]

1966

National Dairy Recipe Book 1966 with foreword from CJ Haughey

Free with the Sunday Independent on 11th September, 1966, this […]

1967

New Spotlight Annual 1967

We’ve featured photos from this New Spotlight Annual 1967 in previous posts but here is a new collection of showband photos. Front Cover features the following, Top: (l to r( Houston […]

1977

Discover Ireland – Short Holiday Breaks 1977-78

Selection of photos from a pocket sized 62 page Discover […]

1985

Citizens of Dublin 1985

All of the above scanned from a two page article entitled Citizens in the November-December 1985 issue of Ireland of the Welcomes. Photos by Brian Lynch, author was Kathryn Holmquist […]

1962

Dublin Airport 1962

Dublin airport opened to air traffic in 1940. This booklet was published in 1962 and outlined the growth in traffic and amenities at the Airport through its first 22 years. […]

1968

Jim Fitzpatrick Cover Art & Rory Gallagher in Music Scene 1974

This 1974 copy of Music Scene makes it into Brand […]

1968

Photographer Vernon Dewhurst from Dublin 1968 to Bowie 1969

Vernon Dewhurst photographed David Bowie for the op-art inspired album […]

1986

Brush Shiels and the Lala-Bike, Christmas 1986

Advert for LaLa Bike featuring Brush Shiels scanned by Brand […]

1980

Advert for Lifeline Health Club, Cork 1980

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Cork Holy Bough Christmas 1980

1972

800 Careers in the Garda – Advert 1972

Advert for Garda Siochana recruitment from the (Dundalk) Argus, February, 1972 scanned by Brand New Retro View previous posts tagged as ‘Garda’

1961

Annual Blesssing of Scooters and Mopeds, Dublin 1961

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Irish Press, April 1961

1986

Dallas Star Patrick Duffy at Aran Islands 1986

Scanned by Brand New Retro From The Evening Press, May […]

Exhibition

Brand New Retro Exhibition at Little Museum of Dublin

The Brand New Retro exhibition is now on show at […]

2000 onwards

New Spotlight & John Coughlan by Louise Coughlan

Regular visitors to the site will know that some of […]

1970

4 Irish Car Adverts from 1970

We’ve scanned all the above adverts from the April 1970 issue of Irish political monthly Nusight. The Austin Morris advert by Kennys is photographed outside the then recently constructed (and now […]

1972

Muhammed Ali with Brendan Bowyer and Big 8 1972

Scanned by Brand New Retro from New Spotlight 1972.

Adverts

2 Adverts from 1958 for Bulmers Cider

Scanned by Brand New Retro from the Irish Press (top advert above) and the Sunday Press 1958.

1973

5 Irish Bands from 1973

All band photos scanned from the 1974 New Spotlight year book which came out in December 1973. Compare and contrast with the set of photos from the 1966 New Spotlight year book here.

pre 1960

John & Anjelica Huston at Connemara Pony Show 1959

Eight year old Anjelica Huston with her father John at […]

1972

Christy Brown – The Word 1972

Scanned by Brand New Retro from The Word Magazine, May 1972. Photographs are by Matthew Walsh and the interview (all scanned below ) is by Desmond Rushe who is […]

1978

U2 win Limerick Civic Week Pop 1978 – Evening Press

Evening Press report on U2 or, as they are referred […]

2000 onwards

Advert & Preview for Electric Picnic 2006

Advert and preview of Electric Picnic 2006 scanned from Foggy Notions September 2006

1970

Four Ireland’s Own Covers illustrated by Sean Slattery 1970

Now almost 114 years old, Ireland’s Own is Ireland’s longest […]

1970

Aer Lingus Advert 1970

We’ve scanned this double page Aer Lingus advert from the Sunday Times Magazine, March 1970. The hostess uniform is the one designed by Digby Morton with hat by Frank Saunders […]

1961

Stephen’s Green & Grafton St Area 1960/61 – RS Magowan

We’ve scanned four more photos from this 1961 book of […]

1967

Val Doonican – Novena Magazine 1967

Novena magazine was ‘a Redemptorist Publication… published with ecclesiastical approbation’ out of Alton, Hants in the UK. This is the July/August 1967 issue and features a six page interview with […]

1968

Advert for first Che Guevara Poster by Jim Fitzpatrick – 1968

We’ve scanned this full page advert from Scene magazine, August […]

1989

The 1980s Revisited – In Dublin, 1989

1964

Poster for Irish Export Fashion Fair 1964

I picked up this beautiful original hardback poster (38cm * 25cm) promoting the 1964 Irish Export Fashion Fair at the Dublin Flea last month. Printed in the Republic of Ireland by […]

Adverts

Two Irish Cigarette Adverts from 1959

Scanned by Brand New Retro from The Connacht Tribune Golden Jubilee Souvenir May 1959.

1980

Christmas Advert for Tanora – 1980

Tanora Advert – Scanned by Brand New Retro from the Cork Holy Bough, December 1980.

Book

Brand New Retro – The Book

The Brand New Reto book by Brian McMahon is a uniquely Irish compendium of over 700 images, adverts and articles featuring the best bits from this site along with lots of […]

1969

Jack Charlton – The Hornet Comic 1969

Scanned by Brand New Retro from The Hornet, September, 1969.

1968

Adverts for 2 Dublin Menswear Shops – 1968

Galligans claimed to be the first man’s shop in Henry […]

1969

The Facts on Pat Egan – 1969

Whether it was hanging out with his pal Phil Lynott in the advert for the Wimpy in Dorset St or interviewing the likes of Luke Kelly or Rory Gallagher Pat Egan […]

1963

Irish Spotlight – 6 Covers from the 1960s

Irish Spotlight was produced monthly by the Irish Dominicans […]

1961

11 Photos of Cork by R.S. Magowan 1961

Earlier in the summer, we picked up a ripped and torn copy of a book of photographs by R.S. Magowan called Dublin and Cork. The book was published through Spring Books, […]

1970