The Irish Army: A Man’s Life
A recruiting advertisement for The Irish Army highlighting the skills, pay and health benefits that come with the job. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
CIE: Great Train Robbery
A short advertisement for CIE’s Great Train Robbery reduced fares. A cowboy tells buyers that ‘prices are being massacreed!’ To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Constellation: Dream of Luxury
An advertisement for Constellation in which a woman is transported to happy dreams by the luxury of her Constellation sheets and blankets. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Thrive: Calf Milk Replacer
A short advertisement for Thrive, in which farmer Seamus Kelly praises the results of using the calf milk replacement formula. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Player’s Gold Leaf: Two Words
An advertisement for Gold Leaf cigarettes, featuring stylish colourful images and contemporary music. This advert won ‘Best Tobacco Products (TV) & Best Irish Market’ in the International Category at the 1967 American Television Commercials Festival, the trophy of which is housed in the IFI Irish Film Archive. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, […]
CIE: Supertrain 2
A short advertisement for a new type of CIE train, showing aspects of the comfort and speed now available with rail travel. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Player’s Gold Leaf: Hand it to Him
An advertisement for Gold Leaf, featuring an Aer Lingus technician who refuses to smoke any other brand of cigarette. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Five Star Supermarkets: Field
An advertisement for Five Star Supermarkets. The voice over explains that: ‘the Five Star people will stop at nothing to get the very best for their shoppers’. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Odorono: American Woman
An advertisement for Odorono, suggesting that roll-on deodorant is the secret to the sophistication of American women. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Cadbury’s: Irish Rose
An advertisement for Cadbury’s Irish Rose, in which comedian Dave Allen delivers a rapid-fire monologue about his relationship with the selection box chocolates. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
TK Flavourometer: Test It
A short advertisement for TK Orange, in which a mother finds the brand name is the only thing that will get a response from her children. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Club Tonic: Straight
A short advertisement for Club Tonic, in which a barman recommends it above various alcoholic drinks. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.