![David Jazay hopes to stage an exhibition of the photographs in Ireland. Courtesy David Jazay](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3ZZZC5K6YVEMAX33DZUKMQMCFM.jpg?smart=true&auth=7dbee6de9876b87ecf1d481456f93218bd576385c3921f49f68a02e36b9ecd7f&width=400&height=225)
![The 'Dublin bazaar' in The Liberties area of the Irish capital, Dublin, in 1988 with one of the Sikh traders. The diptych was composed later. All photos courtesy David Jazay](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5N7PP5BRGFPFPJNZZDBARHAUGE.jpg?smart=true&auth=490deb475645c9aeeebcef2c277780fa167c427b80112e130c56bcc81532e023&width=400&height=225)
![Auction house and antique shops on Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, in 1991.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/W4S3TWRZLV4Y5J2N22ASGTBPDQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=5315d1da044f869cf1f57b34d31930170bab2466cb59b2d76367466f05cc4bf6&width=400&height=225)
![An Irish post office on Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, from 1988. Many of Dublin's Georgian-era buildings were in disrepair at this time.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RCT7MDGMMJZSCLV4I7HF7SUG6U.jpg?smart=true&auth=57a9d889ff735745ce6fe7ef151bf1e575e74b2297e6218b2252ed2ea6c42afb&width=400&height=225)
![Noreen Stacey and Maureen Farrelly in TJ Downings greengrocer shop on Benburb Street, Dublin, 1992.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6S7THS3HQ4DBSLGAS4BUREG6CQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=5df086cd45f349d8d306cb0c3ac13b8873bd31d648d6fe96742e98888436ce5a&width=400&height=225)
![Patrick Gallagher of Martin and Joyce butchers in 1992 on Dublin's Benburb Street.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/QP3V6S3ZUMKDPYGNQPO7CA5BTY.jpg?smart=true&auth=a3d8870344cd2c8f510758a5b9c436d8b1ccef6ef86c5b47e1a93d16fe2d62ae&width=400&height=225)
![A panorama of Ellis Quay, Dublin, 1991. This was stitched together using the original shots and then scanned and put together using computer software.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GB2KXQLO6YBJ7WVQ5NWWNBWLTU.jpg?smart=true&auth=4bc2cfc858fd2afae5f11b0299f0d9064cd940cff0dc300f6f795444b0807d8e&width=400&height=225)
![A boy photographed on Dublin's Lurgan Street, 1988.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WQDGKDZRWFRVJGJYRZPISD2KNY.jpg?smart=true&auth=d258fe83d6496ce941496bce6eea917383c574fc2a8c1f5e3e8cf12136695e74&width=400&height=225)
![Clothes shops on Dublin's Sarsfield Quay in 1985.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Q7EPOO5WLB5FSG66EUY7UMRXDA.jpg?smart=true&auth=7c10db755b48cc64ab581799932f0f32d73f5c2064e8c53881c44fca1e68cc3d&width=400&height=225)
![Dublin's Grafton Street in 1982 after the Irish capital's main shopping district was pedestrianised.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BRTUZYT5YR6Y4QEHSUQCGXNSBE.jpg?smart=true&auth=faa553d0ce827e7445b4452a13d48afb3b75cabbcf9ddddc3ccbc0c8f02b7bca&width=400&height=225)
![Photographer David Jazay with the Rolleiflex T camera in 1984, two years after he first came to Ireland. He took the images for 'Dublin Before The Tiger' using this camera.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/R7CMV4XUOILMGWAGRIEDWYMCUY.jpg?smart=true&auth=f83a172dd48d0fdb799b3180a94fb2aebc593740ee0c4b71cb144a6899ddb6e8&width=400&height=225)
![David Jazay hopes to stage an exhibition of the photographs in Ireland. Courtesy David Jazay](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3ZZZC5K6YVEMAX33DZUKMQMCFM.jpg?smart=true&auth=7dbee6de9876b87ecf1d481456f93218bd576385c3921f49f68a02e36b9ecd7f&width=400&height=225)
![The 'Dublin bazaar' in The Liberties area of the Irish capital, Dublin, in 1988 with one of the Sikh traders. The diptych was composed later. All photos courtesy David Jazay](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5N7PP5BRGFPFPJNZZDBARHAUGE.jpg?smart=true&auth=490deb475645c9aeeebcef2c277780fa167c427b80112e130c56bcc81532e023&width=400&height=225)
![Auction house and antique shops on Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, in 1991.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/W4S3TWRZLV4Y5J2N22ASGTBPDQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=5315d1da044f869cf1f57b34d31930170bab2466cb59b2d76367466f05cc4bf6&width=400&height=225)
![An Irish post office on Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, from 1988. Many of Dublin's Georgian-era buildings were in disrepair at this time.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RCT7MDGMMJZSCLV4I7HF7SUG6U.jpg?smart=true&auth=57a9d889ff735745ce6fe7ef151bf1e575e74b2297e6218b2252ed2ea6c42afb&width=400&height=225)
![Noreen Stacey and Maureen Farrelly in TJ Downings greengrocer shop on Benburb Street, Dublin, 1992.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6S7THS3HQ4DBSLGAS4BUREG6CQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=5df086cd45f349d8d306cb0c3ac13b8873bd31d648d6fe96742e98888436ce5a&width=400&height=225)
![Patrick Gallagher of Martin and Joyce butchers in 1992 on Dublin's Benburb Street.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/QP3V6S3ZUMKDPYGNQPO7CA5BTY.jpg?smart=true&auth=a3d8870344cd2c8f510758a5b9c436d8b1ccef6ef86c5b47e1a93d16fe2d62ae&width=400&height=225)
![A panorama of Ellis Quay, Dublin, 1991. This was stitched together using the original shots and then scanned and put together using computer software.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GB2KXQLO6YBJ7WVQ5NWWNBWLTU.jpg?smart=true&auth=4bc2cfc858fd2afae5f11b0299f0d9064cd940cff0dc300f6f795444b0807d8e&width=400&height=225)
![A boy photographed on Dublin's Lurgan Street, 1988.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WQDGKDZRWFRVJGJYRZPISD2KNY.jpg?smart=true&auth=d258fe83d6496ce941496bce6eea917383c574fc2a8c1f5e3e8cf12136695e74&width=400&height=225)
![Clothes shops on Dublin's Sarsfield Quay in 1985.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Q7EPOO5WLB5FSG66EUY7UMRXDA.jpg?smart=true&auth=7c10db755b48cc64ab581799932f0f32d73f5c2064e8c53881c44fca1e68cc3d&width=400&height=225)
![Dublin's Grafton Street in 1982 after the Irish capital's main shopping district was pedestrianised.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BRTUZYT5YR6Y4QEHSUQCGXNSBE.jpg?smart=true&auth=faa553d0ce827e7445b4452a13d48afb3b75cabbcf9ddddc3ccbc0c8f02b7bca&width=400&height=225)
![Photographer David Jazay with the Rolleiflex T camera in 1984, two years after he first came to Ireland. He took the images for 'Dublin Before The Tiger' using this camera.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/R7CMV4XUOILMGWAGRIEDWYMCUY.jpg?smart=true&auth=f83a172dd48d0fdb799b3180a94fb2aebc593740ee0c4b71cb144a6899ddb6e8&width=400&height=225)
![David Jazay hopes to stage an exhibition of the photographs in Ireland. Courtesy David Jazay](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3ZZZC5K6YVEMAX33DZUKMQMCFM.jpg?smart=true&auth=7dbee6de9876b87ecf1d481456f93218bd576385c3921f49f68a02e36b9ecd7f&width=400&height=225)
Dublin Before the Tiger: old photographs of Ireland show a time lost for ever
As the Emerald Isle celebrates St Patrick's Day on Wednesday, a series of images from the 1980s champions its heritage
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John Dennehy
March 17, 2021
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