Come Here To Me!

Firemen Nugent, McArdle and Malone. All three perished in the Pearse Street Fire of 1936.

The Dublin Fire Brigade turns 150 years old this year. We’ve had some excellent material on the site in the past relating to the DFB, most of it courtesy of my father Las, a former curator at the Dublin Fire Brigade Museum and a serving member of the Brigade.

It’s an important aspect of the history of the city, and indeed of the working class of the city in particular. From the very origins of the modern force to the industrial disputes of its more recent past, we’ve shared a wide variety of content here on the site. My particular favourite posts from the below have been the architects drawing of Pearse Street station, the feature on the assistance provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade in Belfast during WWII and the leaflets relating to the 1988 industrial dispute.

'FBU' coverage of the Dublin 1988 strike.

Collection of posts:

The Pearse Street fire, 1936. Three fireman died in a blaze on Pearse Street.

Arthur Guinness and Sons Fire Brigade.

Saving the Pram (The Abbey Theatre fire, 1951)

‘Rats with Matches’ (Dublin Fire Brigade 1914 Annual Report)

‘Politics and the Parish Pump’

An Interesting Tug-of-War! The DFB versus the DMP

Original architects drawing for Tara Street Fire Station.

When Dublin Fire Brigade rushed north during WWII.

Dublin Fire Brigade 1988 industrial dispute leaflet (Sinn Féin)

The British FBU (Fire Brigade Union) and the 1988 Dublin Fire Brigade strike.

Irish Workers Group- Class Struggle (1988 strike)

Willie Bermingham 1942-1990

Going to answer ‘Joe Edelstein’s Alarm’

Members of the Arthur Guinness and Sons Fire Brigade in training at the Brewery.