Quix: Washing Up
Advertisement for Lemon Quix washing up liquid which cleans ‘even more for your money’. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Musgrave Tea: Matchmaker
A humorous advertisement for PG Tips Tea. A man is stopped and searched by armed German police. They find a leaflet for the Musgrave Brook Bond Matchmaker scheme in the man’s pocket and become excited. Rounding up the rest of the police, they race off to avail of the scheme, avoiding gunfire while they shout […]
Jacob’s: Windmill
Light-hearted advertisement for Jacob’s Windmill biscuits in which 2 Dutch bakers pass off the ‘so crumbly, so buttery’ Windmill biscuits as their own creations. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here
Mi-Wadi: Orange Tree
An advertisement promoting Mi-Wadi as ‘the real thing’. A group of children are seen playing in the countryside before discovering a tree laden with Mi-Wadi bottles. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Odorono: Like a Girl
A short advertisement for Odorono roll-on deodorant which, ‘like a girl’, is active, efficient and feminine. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
CIE: Traffic Control Room
An advertisement for CIE highlighting the unseen work done by inspectors in their control room to keep Dublin’s traffic network running smoothly. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
AIB: Students
A short advertisement for AIB, highlighting the usefulness of a chequebook to students. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Carling Black Label: Carling Song
An advertisement for Carling Black Label, in which a man in a pub is transformed into a star of the stage while singing the lager jingle. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Farley’s Rusks: Snakes & Ladders
An advertisement for Farley’s Rusks, featuring children playing on a huge Snakes & Ladders floor mat. A jingle to the tune of Pop goes the Weasel begins: ‘Growing up on Farley’s…’ and a voiceover describes the benefits of eating the rusks. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Dictol: Oral Husk
An advertisement for Dictol, warning of the danger to livestock without vaccination against the hoose lungworm. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Bass Ale: The Dubliners
An advertisement for Bass Ale, in which The Dubliners are seen traveling from an airport to a Dublin pub (O’Donoghue’s, Merrion Row). where they sing a song and enjoy a pint of the Cork ale. Inside, the group sing a song to the tune of Rocky Road to Dublin and Ronnie Drew drinks from a […]
PG Tips: Auntie Maud
Advertisement presenting a series of light-hearted scenarios, separated by title cards, where people enjoy PG Tips tea. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.