Magazines

1986

Dublin City Centre 1986

Back in 1986, the German magazine Geo Special dedicated a full issue to Ireland. Here are four photos taken in Dublin city centre. Unable to establish name of Photographers

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 […]

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.

1970

Four Ireland’s Own Covers illustrated by Sean Slattery 1970

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

1989

The 1980s Revisited – In Dublin, 1989

1963

Irish Spotlight – 6 Covers from the 1960s

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

1970

6 Illustrated An Gael Og Covers from 1970-72

We’ve scanned 6 further covers from our collection of An Gael Og magazines. All from 1970 to 1972 with illustrations created by Sean O’Slatra (Slattery). Sean also did the illustrations for […]

1994

Q&A Mr Pussy – The Big Issues #1, June 1994

A 1994 Q&A with Mr Pussy (Alan Amsby) scanned from […]

1982

RTE Guide – 1982 World Cup

The scans above are from the world cup issue of the RTE Guide for the 1982 Finals from Spain. The cover design is by Alan Corsini who also did this […]

1993

Dermot Morgan – In Dublin 1993 with Damian Corless + Gig Memories by Jake Walsh

Some 2 years before the airing of the first Father […]

1967

300 fans demand money back – Beach Boys in Ireland – May 1967

The Beach Boys came to Ireland in May 1967 for […]

1968

Ireland’s First New Town – Life in the Ballymun Housing Scheme – 1968

Woman’s Way ran a feature for 3 consecutive weeks, back […]

1965

Vision 1965 – Movie Magazine from National Film Institute of Ireland

This is Vol 1, Number 2 of Vision magazine published […]

1981

Virgin Prunes, Record Mirror, Feb 1981

Gavin Friday and the Virgin Prunes made the front cover of Record Mirror in Feb, 1981. This interview by Chris Westwood with photos by Mike Laye. Click image to enlarge.

1986

Reigning Men – Feature on 11 Irish Men from In Dublin 1986

In Dublin did a deliberate (pre Photoshop) accentuation of Aidan […]

1967

Our House this Month, Bayside, Sutton, Dublin 1967

Scanned by Brand New Retro from the March 10th issue […]

1971

Spring Things – Irish Studio Fashion Shoot 1971

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Woman’s Way, March 1971.

2000 onwards

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

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

1989

USI News Magazine – Jan 1989

All above scanned by Brand New Retro from the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) free magazine. Editor was Mick Murphy, you can view the editorial page here.

1976

Bay City Rollers in Dublin, April 1976

The Bay City Rollers played Portmarnock, Country Club in April, 1976. The rollers were massive in 1975 but by 1976, Rollermania was beginning to wane. This gig was the first […]

1966

The Everly Bros in 1966 Dublin Studio Photo Shoot by Roy Esmonde

This photo shoot by Roy Esmonde appeared only in black […]

1966

Irish Woman’s Journal – January 1966

View these houses from Leopardstown Estate on our map. (thanks Jaykay!) […]

1966

Career Guidance: Garda Siochana – Woman’s Way 1966

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Woman’s Way June, 1966 […]

1982

In Dublin Jan 1982 – Why Does Dublin look like this? + 1st Aosdana

All above scanned by Brand New Retro from issue #144 […]

1979

Executive Magazine Christmas Issue 1979

All pages scanned by Brand New Retro from Executive Magazine, December 1979. View previous posts from Executive here…

1983

RTE Guide Christmas 1983

1972

7 Christmas Adverts from Our Boys Magazine 1972

Scanned by Brand New Retro from the December, 1972 issue […]

1978

In Dublin, December 1978 with 25 ways to spend £1 on Christmas Gifts

All above scanned by Brand New Retro from In-Dublin #66 […]

70s

Disc a Gogan + The Balfe Beat – New RTE Radio Pop Shows 1970

Scanned by Brand New Retro from New Spotlight, November 1970, […]

1980

The Blades – In Dublin Magazine, 1980 + 1981

The Blades are back for 2 shows in the Olympia, […]

1970

Rory Gallagher + Taste, 4 page Feature from New Spotlight 1970

We’ve scanned all of the above from an October, 1970 […]

1979

Advert for Brighter Homes Exhibition, RDS Dublin 1979

Scanned by Brand New Retro from In Dublin , March […]

1969

Focus On John & Olivia – Dublin Dancers, 1969

Scanned by Brand New Retro from New Spotlight, June 1969.

1979

Executive – Entertainment for Irish Men 1979/82 – 8 Front Covers

Executive Magazine came out in 1979 and was based on […]

1963

Johnny Cash in Mallow, Cork 1963

Johnny Cash did a tour of Ireland in October, 1963 which included a gig at the Majestic Ballroom in Mallow, Co. Cork. Peter Clark did this interview with Johnny after the show. […]

70s

3 CIE Adverts from 1974

All 3 adverts above are from 1974. The top 2 are scanned from Travel Express, a free CIE customer supplement. The bottom one is from Our Boys, October, 1974.

1981

Michael Dwyer talks with 20 year old Irish Film Maker, Declan Lowney – 1981

This is a short feature by the late Michael Dwyer […]

1977

Phil Chevron – His fave records of 1977 + NME 40th Birthday 1992

Even though I knew he was very ill it was […]

1970

Terry Wogan with Donal Corvin, Dublin 1970

Living in London for over a year, Terry Wogan came back on a visit to Dublin in September 1970 and was interviewed by the late Donal Corvin. Donal (see previous […]

1967

Young Woman – Irish Magazine – 1967

We’ve found yet another Irish magazine from the 1960s. With […]

1969

The Philosophers – Galway Band, 1969

We don’t have much content from Galway on Brand New Retro so happy to include these scans of the Philosophers who met in UCG. All the above pics scanned from […]

1967

Showcase – Irish Enertainment Industry Mag – 6 Covers from the late 60s

Published by John Balding (publishing and publicity) Dublin 4, Showcase […]

1970

And Another 10 Irish Rave Girls from 1970

All the above pics scanned by Brand New Retro from various Where it’s at pages by Pat Egan from New Spotlight magazine in 1970. View Previous Rave Girl Posts…

1979

Men’s fashion at the Hole In the Wall Pub, Dublin 7 – 1979

More White Sox. Pics taken by Paul Harvey at the […]

1983

Fashion, A Game Without Rules – The Magazine, 1983

Scanned by Brand New Retro from Irish Magazine, The Magazine, August, […]

1970

Joe Dolan in Israel, 1970

Scanned by Brand New Retro from New Spotlight, July 1970. Article written by Joe himself. Photographer not credited.

1985

Phil Chevron, Elvis Costello & Agnes Bernelle – NME 1985

Scanned by Brand New Retro from NME May 1985. article […]

1978

Galway Races – RTE Guide 1978

1969

Interview with 19 year old Phil Lynott – Woman’s Way 1969

Interview with Heather Parsons scanned by BrandNewRetro from Woman’s Way, […]

2000 onwards

The Slate #16 – July 2002

Previous Slate Posts:

1970

1970 Vox Pop – Votes at 18?

Scanned from New Spotlight, June, 1970. Words – Pat Egan, Photos – Mark Nolan. 18 months later, 85% of the votes for the Fifth amendment referendum, December, 1972 supported the move […]

1966