Macardles: Merry Christmas
This short advertisement from Macardles wishes viewers a Merry Christmas ‘with the best take home beer.’ To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
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Odlum’s: Christmas
This short advertisement for Odlum’s cream flour, featuring the Odlum’s owl, tells how their flour makes the best Christmas cakes and pies, while Santa sits laughing at the end of the table. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Knorr: Bread Sauce
This advertisement advises the public not to forget the bread sauce for Christmas dinner by depicting a disappointed man having Christmas dinner without it. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Macardles: Christmas
This short advertisement promotes the Macardles 6-pack of beer as a take-home beer for the Christmas season. The advertisement shows a series of still images depicting people enjoying Macardles at Christmas. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Player’s No.6: Christmas
This short advertisement promotes Player’s No. 6 cigarettes as a gift for all your friends at Christmas. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
Christmas in the City / An Nollaig sa Chathair
Eagrán 237.1 December 1963: Dublin is humming with excitement as crowds gather to see the Christmas lights and partake in some festive shopping. Mí na Nollaig 1963: Tá muintir Bhaile Átha Cliath lán sceitimíní agus na sluaite ag bailiú le chéile chun soilse na Nollag a fheiceáil agus siopadóireacht na féile a dhéanamh. […]
Christmas Morning
Directed by Tiernan MacBride, this short film – nominated for a Palme d’Or in 1978 for Best Short Film – is a visual representation of the Irish folk song Arthur McBride and The Sergeant, played and sung by Irish singer Paul Brady. The lyrics tell the story of Arthur McBride (Paul Bennett) and his cousin […]
Dublin Shops Highlight Christmas / Siopaí Bhaile Átha Cliath ag tarraingt aird ar an Nollaig
Eagrán 28.2 Dubliners prepare for Christmas and visit Pim Brothers & Co department store to ride on ‘the magic gondola’ and visit Santa in his grotto. Muintir Bhaile Átha Cliath ag ullmhú don Nollaig agus cuairt tugtha acu ar shiopa ilrannach Pim Brothers & Co chun dul ar an ‘ghondala draíochta’ agus cuairt a […]
Christmas Cards Help World’s Refugees / Cártaí Nollag ag Cabhrú le Teifigh an Domhain
Eagrán 130.3 Oscar-winning actor Dame Margaret Rutherford visits Trinity College to help promote the launch of charity Christmas cards. Thug an t-aisteoir Oscar-bhuaiteach, Dame Margaret Rutherford, cuairt ar Choláiste na Tríonóide chun cabhrú le seoladh cártaí carthanachta na Nollag a chur chun cinn. Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) […]
Puss in Boots Panto Comes to Drimnagh / Tháinig an Gheamaireacht Puss in Boots go Droimneach
Eagrán 83.2 The legendary Puss in Boots pantomime comes to Our Lady’s Hall, Mourne Road, Drimnagh. Tháinig geamaireacht fhinscéalach Puss in Boots go Halla Mhuire, Bóthar Mhúrn, Droimneach. This film is also part of Children on Film. To see more from the collection, click here. IFI recommendation: 6+ Produced by Gael Linn, […]
Toys – Buy Now for Christmas! / Bréagáin – Ceannaigh Anois don Nollaig!
Eagrán 201.1 A fun-filled toy fair kicks off in Dublin where visitors are allowed a sneak preview of Christmas stock. Cuireadh tús le haonach bréagán spraíúil i mBaile Átha Cliath áit a dtugtar réamhamharc do chuairteoirí ar stoc na Nollag. Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s first […]
Moving Crib Tells Christmas Story / Mainséar Beo ag Inse Scéal na Nollag
Eagrán 187.2 The moving crib on Parnell Square is a popular Dublin Christmas tradition. Is traidisiún a bhfuil dúil ag daoine ann um Nollaig i mBaile Átha Cliath é an mainséar beo ar Chearnóg Parnell. Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s first long-running indigenous newsreel series. It […]