1964, Cheers Rosie! Inside a dim Dublin snug, “Rosie” of Moore Street lifts a glass, her day’s trading done. The soft light catches the weathered strength of a life spent calling prices over barrows of fruit and veg. Photographed in 1964 by Magnum photographer Erich Hartmann.

1946, No Strings Attached A busking cellist claims his patch of Lower Pembroke Street, bow flying, chin set, as if Carnegie Hall were just beyond the petrol pumps of W.G. Wilcox & Co. The small tin at his feet stands ready for tokens of appreciation. 📷 Willem van de Pol

1926, No rush in Rush A Citroën B10 stands on South Beach at Rush, as families scatter across sand & dune. Car, motorbike, bicycle, pram and barefoot children mark a new age of freedom, at the seaside in 1920s Ireland. 📷 Eason Photographic Collection

c1910, Seán O’Casey “You’ll never have a Republic till you have a Republic in your hearts.” Republic wasn’t banners or guns to him. It's dignity in a tenement. Before a nation can rise, its people must first rise, in courage, conscience & compassion. That’s the real revolution.

1870s, Before O'Connell Before it was dramatically widened as O’Connell Bridge, Carlisle Bridge crossed the Liffey in a narrow three-arch span. Small boats rest in the Liffey below, the Royal Hotel lines the quay, and the dome of the Four Courts rises through the distant haze.

1950s, Continental Taste Barbara Taft selects a fresh baguette in a Dublin shop proudly advertising “Continental Bread”. Behind the counter traditional brown and rye breads. Shelves stacked with tinned goods and rusks frame a scene of everyday commerce in mid-century Dublin.

1965, Tinkers No More From the series Irish Travellers, Tinkers No More; in a quiet Dublin pub, two men hold each other’s gaze. During a period of enforced settlement & cultural upheaval, testament to resilience & kinship within the Traveller community. 📷 Alen MacWeeney

1950s, Westmoreland O’Connell Street like a dark mirror gazes south towards Westmoreland as rain falls in sheets. O’Connell's monument defiant, silent in the wet, a lone figure in long coat crosses under useless umbrella. A city shrugs and keeps moving on. 📷 George Pickow

1953, A City Flowing A glorious view of the River Liffey, as buses, bicycles & polished motorcars thread their way through Dublin’s quays. Pedestrians cross O'Connell bridge in steady rhythm, capturing a capital poised between tradition & modernity. 📷 Irish Independent Archive

1952, Greyhound Express An Aer Lingus air hostess assists as a blanketed greyhound prepares to board a flight to Edinburgh at Dublin Airport. The name "Aer Lingus" derives from the Irish aer loingeas, meaning "air fleet," 📷 Irish Independent Archive

1936, Celtic Tiger A fierce tiger crouches low inside its enclosure at Dublin Zoo, teeth bared and muscles coiled. Photographed in 1936, the image captures the fierce dignity and raw power of one of the zoo’s most formidable residents. 📷 Irish Independent Archive / NLI

1956, After Rain A mother walks her two young boys along Upper Buckingham Street. Prams line the railings outside cramped tenements. Under a low sky, the long terrace recedes into mist, capturing the stark beauty & hardship of inner-city life. 📷 Irish Independent Archive

1959, Nelson's Watch From atop Nelson’s Pillar, O’Connell Street stretches south in a grand sweep of mid-century Dublin. Seven years later, the viewpoint itself would be blown apart, leaving this scene as a vanished glimpse of the Dublin skyline. 📷 NLI

1969, Book Temple Shoppers browse books by Merchant’s Arch in Temple Bar. The area was being considered for a central bus station at the time, which would have drastically changed the historic quarter, but was luckily abandoned before its later cultural reinvention. 📷 NLI

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1903, Rag Fair' Bargain hunters gathered daily along Patrick Street at Dublin’s famous Rag Fair. A bustling open-air market where second-hand clothes, boots, & household goods were bought, sold, & bartered. Garments were often laid out directly on the street. 📷 NLI

1962, Legendary Lens Henri Cartier-Bresson, a giant of 20th-century photography & co-founder of Magnum Photos, turned his lens on Dublin and masterfully captured the Ha’penny Bridge. Finding his “decisive moment” when life, movement & composition fall perfectly into place.

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1948, Moving Statue The statue of Queen Victoria is lifted from its long-standing position outside Leinster House in Dublin. After decades in storage, the statue began an unlikely second life, shipped to Sydney in 1987, where it now stands outside the Queen Victoria Building.