On 17 April 1949, the Cabra Grand Cinema on Quarry Road was formally opened. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, John Breen, opened the 1,600 seat cinema by cutting a tricolour ribbon with a pair of gold scissors. The cinema was designed by Samuel Lyons, and in a move that captured the spirit of the time, […]
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A brief history of the Cabra Grand Cinema.
Posted in Dublin History on December 26, 2013| 12 Comments »
The rise and demise of the suburban cinema in Dublin.
Posted in Dublin History on December 24, 2014| 3 Comments »
Note: This article originally appeared in SET, a quarterly publication concerned with the relationship between cinema and its architecture. Check them out and give them a ‘Like’ here. In 1961, Ireland was changed forever with the launch of Telefís Éireann, a national state television station. Lagging behind the rest of the world, television was something […]
Billy Behan: The Dublin Eyes and Ears of Manchester United.
Posted in Dublin History on February 15, 2018| 5 Comments »
Jackie Carey, Liam Whelan, Johnny Giles, Tony Dunne, Paul McGrath. What binds all of these men? They are all great Irish footballers who played for Manchester United, yes, but they were also all spotted by Billy Behan. As the primary talent scout for United in Ireland over several decades, Behan made no small contribution to […]
Unlucky Boys of Red: The Funeral of Liam Whelan, 1958.
Posted in Dublin History on January 24, 2018| 3 Comments »
This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster which claimed the lives of twenty-three people. On 6 February 1958, British European Airways Flight 609 crashed while attempting to take off in poor conditions at Munich-Riem Airport. Among the dead were eight of the Busby Babes, the remarkable young football side built by manager […]
Violence and the Dublin live music scene (1977 – 1988)
Posted in Dublin History on April 14, 2014| 36 Comments »
All you punks and all you teds National Front and Natti dreds Mods, rockers, hippies and skinheads Keep on fighting ’till you’re dead Talking to Come Here To Me!, Garry O’Neill (editor of Dublin street fashion photography book Where Were You?) summed up the violent mood that he felt growing up in Dublin in the mid-1970s: […]
Peggy Keogh RIP
Posted in Dublin History on January 7, 2011| 3 Comments »
Dublin lost one of its real characters this week with the passing of Peggy Keogh. Born Margaret Keogh (nee Dowdall), of Cabra Road, she will be most remembered for selling Doctor Marten boots to a generation of Dubliners from her stall at the back of the Ilac Centre. For most of the 1970s and 1980s, […]
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