80s

All items above scanned from various issues of In Dublin dating from March to December 1980. The Lynn Geldof review of Flikkers in the Hirshfeld centre is from December 1980. […]

1988

Euro 1988 – Evening Press Supplement

The week before the finals kicked off, almost all the Irish newspapers published Euro 88 supplements. “Free” supplements, now commonly available almost every day, were a very rare breed back […]

1970

Eurovision – Dion, Logan, Swarbriggs

Celine Dion from Irish Independent 2nd May, 1988 Johnny Logan from In Dublin, April 1980 Swarbriggs 1975 – Grimes are not the only brothers

1984

Old Adverts #70 – Alias Tom, Dublin 2, 1984 with Johnny Logan

From Success magazine August 1984, a special promotion to launch […]

1988

Dublin – 7th May, 1988 – Irish Cancer Society Photo Book

All pics taken on 7th May, 1988 scanned from a […]

1988

Ireland – May 7th, 1988 – Irish Cancer Society Photo Book

All pics taken on 7th May, 1988 scanned from a […]

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, […]

1988

Stars of Heaven – Baggot Inn, Jan 1988 – Record Mirror

From Record Mirror, 30 Jan, 1988 Audio of Stars of […]

1986

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

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

1988

The Joshua Trio – NME – 1988

This is from the Thrills section of NME, November 1988. Pic shows Arthur Mathews (left), Kieran & Paul Woodfull (centre). At their gigs, Woodfull would also play the part of a […]

1988

Dublin’s Fading City – Observer Magazine, Oct 1988

Click on thumbs above to read full article. Scans of […]

1981

Tom Waits – In Dublin March 1981

Tom Waits spent a few weeks living in Ireland (mainly Kerry) with his wife before setting off on his European tour in early 1981. This interview with John Little took […]

1980

Jet Set Superstar – Menage a Trois – Gabriel Byrne – Audio now available

We recently posted about Gabriel Byrne’s involvement in an audio […]

1985

Almost News, issues 3 & 4 – Drogheda Magazine 1985

One of the first posts on BrandNewRetro was about Almost […]

1980

Menage a Trois – 1980 – Gabriel Byrne, May Pang, Pandora Moore & Twink

This is from In Dublin magazine, October 1980, just 6 […]

80s

Zilch – Dublin Comic – March 1980

This is issue 2 of a 24 A4 page comic from Dublin called Zilch. Its the only issue I have and I don’t know how many more were published. It […]

1980

In Dublin Magazine Covers – 6 from the early 80s

1981

Old Adverts #47 – Hot Rod Cafe, Dublin 1, Feb 1981

1981

Status for Women – An Irish newsmagazine – Issue #1 – March 1981

We first featured Status Magazine back in October in this […]

1980

100 Reasons to be Cheerful – In Dublin, April 1980

One of this weekend’s English newspaper supplements had a main […]

1985

Teenage Auto Rampage, Dublin 1985 – The Face #67

Scans from a seven page article from the November, 1985 […]

1980

Christmas Madness

1980

Vox – Irish Music Fanzine, Issue 4, December 1980

I’ve scanned in issue 4 of renowned Dublin music Fanzine, […]

1982

Old Adverts #35 – Integrated Bus & Rail Ticket – Dublin 1980’s

Top one from 1982, next two from 1985.

1982

Old Adverts #33 – Gaywear 1982

scanned from U magazine, June 1982

60s

Show me the Mosney – More Irish Butlins 1960s to 1980s

All above photos by Elmar Ludwig except the skating rink […]

1981

RTE Youngline Yearbook 1981

The second of the Youngline annuals and its no better than the 1980 version. Note the name change from Annual to Yearbook and the re-branding of the logo. The rock […]

1980

RTE Youngline Annual -1980

I have a soft spot for RTE’s late 70s/80s kids programme “Youngline” if only because they gave a group of unknown teenage musicians from Dundalk (who had no manager or […]

1979

Magill’s tips for the 80’s – Ian Dempsey aged 18

1980

Old Adverts #24 – Smithwick’s 1980

1982

Old Adverts #23 – Joe Walsh Tours, 1982

1981

More UK Street Style – 1981 from i-D Magazine issue 3

Elaine, from the UK, recently got in touch with BrandNewRetro. […]

1979

Malcolm McLaren makes a mix tape for Adam Ant -1979.

On 27th October, 1979, Malcolm McLaren and Adam Ant both […]

1983

Mad Magazine 1983 – Return of the Jedi

The Beano, Topper, Beazer, Hornet, Cor, Tiger and Jag, Scorcher, Roy of the Rovers these were my favourite comics. One thing they had in common was that they all came […]

1983

80s Star Style #1 – Lisa Stansfield, Nov,1983.

Star Style was a fashion feature which ran for about […]

1983

Old Adverts #22 – Hand Held Electronic Games, 1983

WH-Smith advert – scanned from Record Mirror, May, 1983

1979

No Romance – Punk Fashion Shop, late 70s/80s, Dublin.

In the late 70s/80s Susan & Regine Moylett, sisters of […]

1983

Murphy’s Micro Quiz booklet – 1983

This RTE quiz show hosted by Mike Murphy, featured the […]

1981

Status – Irish Women’s News Magazine, 1981

Above scan is an advert which appeared in Magill, January […]

1980

Joan Baez, Cork, 1980.

I didn’t know that Steve Jobs RIP, back in the late 70s/early 80s, dated singer/songwriter/musician and activist Joan Baez. Here’s a picture of Joan from 1980, not with Steve, at […]

1980

Phil Lynott marries Caroline Crowther, Feb, 1980.

These pictures of Phil Lynott’s wedding are from Record Mirror, […]

1987

Old Adverts #17 – Are you going for a pint? 1987

Nice Dublin illustration.

1984

200 Reasons to stay In Dublin – March 1984

Some great reasons in here, many still valid today, many […]

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