Long time, no see.

In this rather famous segment from a 1982 episode of the candid camera show The Live Mike, Gay Byrne is repeatedly prevented from recording a scene in Trinity College Dublin. I liked it, not just because seeing an infuriated Gay Byrne is hilarious, but because of the few glimpses of Parliament Square back then.

With my holidays mere hours away I’ve suddenly taken to looking at old transport-related videos on YouTube. A while ago, I discovered tecmovie, the channel of Ireland’s Transport Enthusiasts Club.

It hosts amazing videos of Ireland gone by, with everything from buses choking O’Connell Street with their fumes in the 1980s to proud and cheesy Aer Lingus promotional videos about Dublin Airport.

Say what you will about train-spotters and anoraks and such: If you love nostalgia, the videos speak for themselves.