Menu from Russell Hotel (1950's).

This menu from the Russell Hotel, on the south side of St. Stephen's Green, suggests that politics and business have long been intimate. It was produced for a dinner hosted by R.F. Browne, Chairman of the E.S.B. (Electricity Supply Board). The menu reads like a who's who, with a line-up that includes Erskine Childers (President from 1973 until his death in 1974), Séan Lemass (Taoiseach (Prime Minister) from (1959-1966), Jack Lynch (Taoiseach in the 1960's and 1970's), Arthur Cox (Legal adviser to the E.S.B.), Dr. Tom Murray (Secretary of the Department of Finance and future chair of the E.S.B.), Henry Kennedy (a Director of the E.S.B., Bank of Ireland and many other companies), J.P. Digby (Chairman and founder of Pye Ireland and a Director of the E.S.B.), John H.Ryan (a Director of Bank of Ireland), T.MacMahon (Director of the E.S.B.) and Brendan O'Cearbhaill (Director of the E.S.B.). Blue Nun wine was served at the meal.