Film & TV Toys

Display in BOI, Dún Laoghaire, December 2024 on Toys influenced by Film and TV Shows in the 60s, 70s, 80s. Toys I received as gifts at Christmas “I grew up watching TV and going to the cinema every chance I got. There were plenty of repeats of The Lone Ranger on television in the 60s,… Continue reading Film & TV Toys

Kevin’s Folens Books

Kevin Finegan, Palmerstown, Co Dublin, 1980s. A collection of books published by Folens that Kevin read and enjoyed in Primary school. Spraoi, Súgradh, and Sonas. About Folens Educational Publishing company: https://www.folens.ie/our-history

Mary Kenny’s Irish Dancing Costume 1980s

A photo of Mary Kenny Feis ready, outside the Mansion House, Dublin. 1980s Mary wore this embroidered orange velvet Irish dancing costume in the 1980s, when she was nine years old and dancing with the Hogan School of Dance, Glasnevin, Dublin. And a record from our collection: Buntus Rince, Gael-Linn. Na Ceoltóiri, May Keogh and… Continue reading Mary Kenny’s Irish Dancing Costume 1980s