2000 onwards

The Brand New Retro book is 10 years old.

The Brand New Retro book is 10 years old this week — which means it’s officially vintage too. 😎 brandnewretro.ie10m The Brand New Retro book turns 10 this week! Back […]

2000 onwards

My Kind of Town Exhibition

My Kind of Town Short promo video for the My Kind of Town exhibition My Kind of Town is my new exhibition that celebrates life in an industrial border town […]

2000 onwards

Fontaines D.C. v Stocktons Wing Mashup

When Stocktons Wing released New Clare Revival in 1986 its solid groove caught my attention, and its a track I still like to play. I’ve mixed it up here with […]

2000 onwards

Nostalgic Journey Through Irish Pop Culture

Ireland Goes Pop is a live storytelling and multimedia presentation that delves into the evolution of pop culture in Ireland from the 1960s to the 1990s. Presented by Brian McMahon […]

2000 onwards

Kneecap V Michael McDonald Mashup

Decided to record and post a mixup I’ve been playing for a while… It’s the 2024 rap from Kneecap and Grian Chatten on their Better Way to Live over Michael […]

2000 onwards

The Evolution of Dublin’s Disco Scene: 1964-1980

The First Dublin Discos – the early days of late-night […]

2000 onwards

New Spotlight show live at Vicar St, March 2017.

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

2000 onwards

New Spotlight & John Coughlan by Louise Coughlan

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

2000 onwards

Advert & Preview for Electric Picnic 2006

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

2000 onwards

NCAD Exhibition at Frawley’s Thomas St, Dublin 8

I really enjoyed my visit to this exhibition featuring the work […]

2000 onwards

Schools Rugby: The Terrible Truth – The Slate, 2003

All content from this 2 page feature available below. Scanned […]

2000 onwards

The Slate #3 – Valentine Special – Feb 2001

Scanned by Brand New Retro – View all The Slate […]

2000 onwards

Temple Bar’s Teen Terrors – The Slate, 2001

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Issue 5 of the […]

2000 onwards

Early House Pubs, Dublin 2003 – The Slate #25

and here are the club pix from pages 2 and […]

2000 onwards

Brand New Retro is 3 years old!

Thank you very much for your support, we are another year old. Since April, 2011, we have scanned over 2,500 images – previously not available on the web – from […]

2000 onwards

Enter – Ireland’s Monthly Interactive Magazine on CD Rom – Jan 2000

This is issue 2 of ENTER, Ireland’s Monthly Interactive Magazine […]

2000 onwards

Patricia McMahon 1933 – 2013

My mother, Patricia McMahon, died suddenly last Friday, 15th November. She was 80. That’s her in the photo above with my late Dad at Butlin’s Mosney in 1964. Regular visitors […]

2000 onwards

Where Were You? Exhibition at the Little Museum of Dublin

An exhibition of photos from Garry O’Neill’s outstanding book, Where […]

2000 onwards

The Slate #16 – July 2002

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2000 onwards

Chat, Coffee, Buns & Magazines this Friday Morning 31st May.

*** update 28/5 . sorry no seats left the event […]

2000 onwards

Win an Original Retro Irish Magazine – Our 2nd Birthday Competition

**Update 25th April 2013 ** Here are the answers to […]

2000 onwards

The Slate #23 – Dublin, April 2003

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2000 onwards

Is Your Neighbourhood on Brand New Retro?

We’ve geo tagged over 200 of the 1500 scans within the archives of Brand New Retro and set up a new map page. **Update 11/1/13 Map now split in 2, Dublin […]

2000 onwards

Choice with Jinx Lennon – Thurs 8th November, 2012, Dundalk.

Yes, 2012. Next week. Choice back performing as special guests […]

2000 onwards

The Slate Magazine, issue 9 – November 2001

Recession, Fireworks, Mullets, Enya, Clubbing & more all below. With […]

2000 onwards

GAA Commentator Quotes – The Slate Magazine, 2001

From the Slate, November, 2001

2000 onwards

The Book of Poor Auld Fellas – 2007

At the bar, during the Spanish game last night, I overheard 2 Ould Fellas muttering about the younger people in the pub, supposedly watching the game yet constantly playing with […]

2000 onwards

A to Z of Summer in Dublin – The Slate #26 – 2003

See these other Slate Posts: The Slate issue 1 New Years […]

1982

Compare and Contrast – 1982 v 2012

1981

Choice, 1981 and Strange Passion, 2012

Almost a year ago, I digitised and brought to the web for the first time (via this post) some old photos and demo tape recordings from Choice, an early 80s, post punk, […]

2000 onwards

Loserdom #22 – October 2011

Yes 2011. Hard to believe that in this digital age, Fanzines, in the traditional paper format, still exist. Loserdom is one such Dublin Fanzine. Hand bound and on the go […]

1986

Now and Then (1986) – Royal Canal, Dublin 1.

Now: Royal Canal Newcomen Bridge Dublin 1, 18th April 2012 […]

2000 onwards

Happy Birthday Brand New Retro – 4 London Shopping Sprees to be won

BrandNewRetro celebrates its first birthday this week. The first post […]

2000 onwards

New Years Eve 2000, Dublin – The Slate

The page scans above are from Issue 2 of the Slate depicting night life in Dublin on New Year’s Eve, 2000. These “social pages” became a consistent feature right through […]

1964

Happy Christmas – The Wrong Trousers, 1964.

Every Christmas, the residents association organised a visit from Santa. […]

2000 onwards

The Slate – Issue 1 – Dublin, December 2000

Eleven years ago this month, the first issue of Slate […]

2000 onwards

Where Were You? Dublin Street Style 1950-2000 – now in the shops!

Here are just 3 photos from a collection of over […]

2000 onwards

Where were you? – New Book on Dublin Street Culture, 1950 to 2000.

This looks very interesting. A new book, out on November […]

2000 onwards

If Plunket went Punk, Moore St, Dublin

I was walking down Moore St on Friday and noticed the builders were working in 16 Moore St., home to one of my favourite shop signs in Dublin. I wondered […]

2000 onwards

Brand New Book on Irish Design 1922-92 – Out Now

My friend, Linda King, along with Elaine Sisson must be […]

2000 onwards

Awkward and Real – The Magnificent Jinx Lennon

This is the first post in BrandNewRetro that is not […]