RareIrishStuff
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RareIrishStuff
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Traders of oddities, pub stuff & historical artefacts Instagram.com/IrishPicker
- Jack Charlton's reaction to the standing ovation he received from Ireland fans in 2015.
- "When I'm in England, I say, I'm from Ireland. When I'm in Ireland, I say, I'm from Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say, I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Crumlin, I say, Leighlin Road. When I'm in Leighlin Road, I say, I'm a Lynott." - Phil Lynott
- Luke Kelly in a bed in Jervis Street hospital after being shot by a member of the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the Bachelors Walk Massacre, 1914. Nearly fatally wounded, he survived and his son became the legendary Luke Kelly who sang with the Dubliners.
- This public payphone hung on the wall in the Shamrock Lodge pub in Finglas village for many a year, and as soon as that phone rang, there was a lot of heads turning, and a few shouts to the barman, “If that’s someone looking for me, I’m not here!”. This used to happen in a lot of
- Sudocrem 1931 invented by Dublin pharmacist Thomas Smith. Sure where would we be without it? Every tub of Sudocrem sold worldwide is still made in Baldoyle.
- Europe’s first drive through restaurant opens at Nutgrove in Rathfarnham, Dublin, 1985
- So sad to hear that Sinéad O'Connor has passed. Ireland has lost a true legend. RIP Sinéad
00:00 - HMV Grafton Street sign 1986-2013. I offered the foreman €100 to save it from the skip back in 2013. I don't expect many to see a value in this, but I was delighted to save it from the dump.
- On Halloween night in 1920, 18 year old Kevin Barry sat alone in his cell with his last pieces of paper and a blue prison pencil to write a farewell letter to his friends. At 8am, he would face the hangman, becoming the first rebel to be executed since the 1916 executions. The
