Old Dublin advertisements have always appealed to me, giving a taste of life in the city at any given time, and also showing how advertising has changed through the ages. These ads have all been taken from The Lepracaun: Cartoon Monthly, and were printed in 1908 editions of the publication. The Bohemian in Phibsboro is still open for business, but the rest have sadly passed into history themselves.
One of the first ads that grabbed my attention was for Tylers Football Boots, showing The Beautiful Game:
Tylers Football Boots
This advertisement is interesting, for the Lemass hat company on Capel Street. John Timothy Lemass was the father of Sean Lemass and Noel Lemass, who we have profiled on the blog before. While Sean would go on to become Taoiseach, his brother was a victim of the brutal Civil War, with his body dumped in the Dublin mountains following the end of hostilities.
Lemass of Capel Street
A rather odd advertisement advertising a cure for gout, lumbago and other such paniful and nasty conditions comes from ‘Ozonia’, who were based on Westland Row:
These advertisements initially caught my eye with Nelson’s Pillar, but then I noticed the name of the bar in the other advertisement. The Bohemian Bar in Phibsoro is still going strong, popular with locals and supporters of Bohemians.
‘The Bohemian Bar’
A familiar building appears in the form of Todd Burns. Today, we know this as Penney’s on Henry Street. We’ve had a look at this great building on the website before.
Finally, another boozer! The Red Lion was on St Gt. George’s Street in the city centre.
These ads are just a tiny selection of those in the archives of The Lepracaun: Cartoon Monthly The brilliant Villanova University website allows you to browse dozens of copies of this once influential publication. Enjoy.
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Donal
Ciarán
Sam
Come Here To Me! 
Kennedy & McSharry is on Nassau St now – or if not any more, used to be up until fairly recently.
Is that a packet of Ozonia or a mobile phone?
Kennedy & McSharry closed a few months ago http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/commercial-property-and-construction/end-of-an-era-for-kennedy-mcsharry-1.559628
I often thought that the remnants of old advertising hoardings and other gable end adverts would be worth a post, unless I have not gone back on the archive far enough. There’s one on south Anne Street for Champion spark plugs for example.
Eoin there’s a big thread on Dublin ‘ghost signs’ on Boards.ie http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055749635