Welcome to Irish Nostalgia!
This blog features a selection of images and videos associated with Ireland, as well as images well known and nostalgic to anyone who has lived in Ireland. Some images might not be Irish in origin but will be familiar and may evoke memories of growing up in Ireland.
A selection of exclusive art and products from Irish artists and designers will be posted occasionally to fund this blog and help towards upgrading this project.
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- Top 5 Fruits
List your top 5 favorite fruits.
Okay, here’s my top 5 fruits from 5 to 1.
5. Orange
4. Cherry
3. Strawberry
2. Raspberry
1. Blackberry
Why blackberries?
Because firstly they taste amazing and secondly they would grow wild and freely available from bushes along roads everywhere while growing up in Ireland. A real happy childhood memory!
- Lonesome Boatman The Fureys & Davey Arthur
‘The Lonesone Boatman’ was a song released in 1980 on the old Banshee label by The Fureys & Davey Arthur. Written by Finbar Furey, it’s a haunting tune played with a long tin whistle known as kerrywhistle cobre high D alongside guitar and other traditional instruments.
This version on YouTube is from the 1985 Harmac compilation album called ‘Green Fields of Home’.
- Magic Hat
A little toy nostalgia with the ‘Hat Full of Magic’ or just Magic Hat as we used to call it.
This may or may not be the exact version we had in the 1970’s, but it looks like it. The hat itself was if remembered correctly a hard plastic shell with hidden buttons on the inside of the rim. Being hard plastic with sharp edging it wasn’t very comfortable when placed on one’s head. The tricks were fun and entertaining though, and often a show of magic skills was demanded from the adults after dinner. ‘Don’t remember it being too popular in Ireland, only heard one other guy in my school who had it. It definately wasn’t a toy you would take into school with you, too many small items and easily broken if in the wrong hands!
But a few hours fun at home was guaranteed!
- Nostalgia Cats
..recreated a bit of Dublin nostalgia kitsch from the 1980’s.
This well-known neon sign from the old Cats wine bar on Leeson street in Dublin city Ireland is now available on a t-shirt from the Irish Nostalgia webshop (check links below). All recreated down in our design dungeon by ‘Big Pen Louie’! ✏️
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This design is now available from the Irish Nostalgia store on Redbubble and also on Teepublic . ..Go check it out!!
- A House (1985 Session)
A House were Dave Couse (vocals & guitar), Fergal Bunbury (guitar), Martin Healy (bass) and Dermot Wylie (drums). They recorded the first of three sessions for Dave Fanning in September 1985. ‘What a Nice Evening To Take the Girls Up the Mountains’ appeared on the 1986 compilation ‘Street Carnival Rock‘. It, ‘Michael’ and ‘Barnyard Stomp’ all appeared […]
A House (1985 Session) - Tv we remember: Vegas
📺 ..late 70s early 80s – VEGAS☀️🎰🎲
The Tv series ‘Vegas’ starring Robert Urich was popular in Ireland back in the late seventies and early eighties. The show also featured Hollywood legend Tony Curtis. A bit of glamour and style on the Irish tellybox!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9Np5rMqbg/?utm_medium=share_sheet
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- Farewell Sudocrem!
..created in 1931 by Prof.Thomas Smith in the back of his shop on the Old Cabra Road Dublin, the nappy rash cream ‘Sudocrem’ was originally packaged in glass jars. Yesterday was a sad day though, with the news that the manufacturing of this wonder cream used for many ailments and famously favoured by Madonna is now moving to Bulgaria. 😔
.. one can only wonder if it will ever be the same without that Irish touch☘️ …will Sudocrem simply become a Pseudocrem? 😳
pseudo [ˈsjuːdəʊ]
ADJECTIVE – not genuine;
spurious or sham.
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- The Arklow Pyramid
The Arklow Pyramid …The Howard Mausoleum, Kilbride, Arklow, Co.Wicklow. …This pyramid was built in 1785 as a mausoleum for the Howard family of nearby Shelton Abbey. Situated on a small hill just north of the town, this monument was described by Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) as the largest pyramid tomb ‘beyond the banks of the Nile’. ..This photo was taken by ourselves back in 1988 while on a visit to Arklow. ..’got to see Eileen Dunne too!! 😜🎉
https://www.instagram.com/p/COWDpM5nAdn/?igshid=1qcmq5djdld4m
- Pyramid Church
The Pyramid Church aka the Church of Lady of Dolours in
Glasnevin, as viewed here from the Botanic gardens.https://www.instagram.com/p/BcJ9npmFkJQ/?igshid=pa1vzg6l7xdr
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