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Martin Long with Babyface by Perry Ogden, 1996

Perry Ogden is an acclaimed English photographer with a studio on Capel Street. His Pony Kids show was an artistic event of note in the mid-1990s

There is a subculture of young working class horse owners in Dublin’s inner city and some of the city’s most deprived suburbs. Horses and ponies are ridden bareback, bought and sold in Smithfield Square on the first Sunday of every month.

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Rainy O’Connell Street Corner 1966 – 2009

These pictures show how much O’Connell street has changed in forty years

Pádraic McMahon, a photographer and former member of the Dublin rock band The Thrills, inherited a collection of photos of Dublin in the 1960s from an elderly neighbour, William Stafford (1915-2006). McMahon recreated the photos as faithfully as possible, using the same exposure settings, in the same locations – even at the same time of day and in the same weather

With thanks to William Stafford and Pádraic McMahon

Watch a video about the changing architecture of O’Connell Street:

O’Connell Street and Nelson’s Pillar 1966, O’Connell Street and the Spire 2009

These pictures show how much O’Connell street has changed in forty years

With thanks to William Stafford and Pádraic McMahon

Stafford and McMahon’s Dublin, 1966 – 2009

These pictures show how much O’Connell street has changed in forty years

McMahon recreated the photos as faithfully as possible, using the same exposure settings, in the same locations – even at the same time of day and in the same weather. In this photo the shadows on the Custom House – the large domed building in the foreground – are in the exact same position. Almost everything else has changed.

With thanks to William Stafford and Pádraic McMahon

Watch a video about O’Connell street:

Charles Cushman’s Dublin – College Green, 1961

Charles Cushman was an enthusiastic amateur photographer

Cushman made a visit to Dublin in 1961. On his death he bequeathed 14,500 photos to his alma mater, the University of Indiana

Trinity College takes up most of the background in this photo, with buses passing – College Green is still a bottleneck. The pedantic modern mind notes the absence of lane markings and traffic islands.

Copyright and reproduction rights for all Charles W. Cushman photographs are held by Indiana University and administered by the University Archives, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405

Henry Street and Litter Bin 1966 – 2009

These pictures show how much (and how little) Dublin has changed in forty years

McMahon recreated the photos as faithfully as possible, using the same exposure settings, in the same locations – even at the same time of day and in the same weather. Here on the left a Litter Bin in 1966 and on the right in 2009.

With thanks to William Stafford and Padraig McMahon

Watch an RTE documentary about Dublin showing scenes from different eras:

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