We found items in the Archives

Filters

Filters

Format

Category

Time

Collections

ARCHIVES DAILY

Tue. 13 Jan. 2026
Thomas Street in Waterford City, 1971.

Dire Waterford Flats 1971

The Waterford Flat Dwellers' Association are campaigning against exorbitant rents for substandard flats.

Society
A shoppers holding a box of soap-powder displaying a price discount in 1971.

Supermarket Special Offers 1971

Do shoppers lured by flash-off bargains, get a genuine discount or fall for a sales gimmick?
Lifestyle
Musicians Mary Black and Ronnie Drew in 1986.

Artists Against Apartheid 1986

Society
A member of an electronics company demonstrates equipment for students at NIHE Limerick in 1976

NIHE Limerick Exhibition 1976

Education
Marconi 'Q' type 6 kilowatt transmitter at 2RN Studios, Little Denmark Street, Dublin (1925).

Early Days Of Radio 1976

Media
Foghorn, Hook Lighthouse, Co. Wexford (2011)

Foghorn Falls Silent 2011

Another maritime tradition comoes to an end as lighthouse fog signals sound for the final time.
Environment
Lord's Menswear, Parliament Street, Dublin (1996)

Temple Bar Tailor 1996

Lifestyle
Tuam Mill (1981)

Tuam Mill 1981

Environment
Reporter Micheál Ó Briain at Leopardstown Racecourse (1971)

Leopardstown Upgrade 1971

Sports
President Mary McAleese (2006)

Women's Refuge 2001

Society
The Waterboys (1986)

The Waterboys 1986

Arts and Culture
Clonee postwoman Sarah Keenan delivers letter (1971)

Clonee Postwoman Retires 1971

Work
Banna Chluain Meala (2006)

Banna Chluain Meala 2006

Arts and Culture
Emerald Elvis (2001)

Emerald Elvis 2001

Entertainment
Protestors occupy buildings on Mooore Street (2016)

Moore Street Occupation 2016

Environment
Christmas trees, Sandymount Strand (2006)

The End Of Christmas 2006

Environment
Road sign for Gort, Co. Galway (1996)

Bilingual Road Signs 1991

Environment
Harvey Beaton Cape Breton step dancing (1996)

Cape Breton Step Dancing 1996

Arts and Culture
Dr Arthur Went (1971)

Safeguarding Sea Salmon 1971

Environment
A cup of tea in a Donegal cottage, 1945 (Getty Images)

Nollaig na mBan 1991

Celebrations
Uncover more Archives Daily

ARCHIVES DAILY: TOP 10

Snow Causes Major Disruptions

Snow Causes Major Disruptions 1982

The heaviest snowfall across Ireland for decades results in traffic chaos, fuel and food shortages, and the closure of schools and workplaces.
Environment
Live Mike Prank On Gay Byrne

Live Mike Prank On Gay Byrne 1982

Entertainment
Communities Snowed In

Communities Snowed In 1982

Environment
Winners Of Popstars

Winners Of Popstars 2002

Entertainment
The Embarrassing Bridge

The Embarrassing Bridge 1965

Environment
Slipping On Ice

Slipping On Ice 2010

Environment
Dublin Port Dolphins

Dublin Port Dolphins 2002

Environment
The Big Snow

The Big Snow 1982

Environment
Eyewitness Accounts Dublin Bombings

Eyewitness Accounts Dublin Bombings 1974

War and Conflict
Baby Born During Blizzard

Baby Born During Blizzard 1977

Environment

EXHIBITIONS

Oranmore Céilí Band

Music, Song and Dance of Ireland

Traditional Irish music, songs and dance from the television archives.
Arts and Culture
On the Farm

On the Farm

A look at how farming and rural life has been represented on television over the last 50 years.
Work
Audience members on the programme 'Women Today' in 1981

Women in Irish Society

From the housewives who washed their husbands' socks by hand in 1960s Dublin to the era of Ireland's first female President in the 1990s.
Society
Christmas Greetings from Telefís Éireann

Christmas Past On RTÉ

Celebrations
Recruiting Poster 1914 Courtesy the National Library EPH_WAR_1914_18_9

World War I

War and Conflict
Before Fame

Before They Were Famous

Arts and Culture
Discover More Archives Exhibitions

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

Worker putting Christmas treee in a mulching machine 1996

Christmas Tree Disposal 1996

Environment
Woman excercising in the Phoenix Park 2014

New Year Resolutions 2014

Lifestyle

ARCHIVES ANNUAL

RTÉ Archives News Collection 2017

RTÉ Archives News Collection

Archives
What We Do at RTÉ Archives

What We Do at RTÉ Archives

Archives