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Christmas Cards Help World’s Refugees / Cártaí Nollag ag Cabhrú le Teifigh an Domhain

Amharc Éireann 1961
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‘Puss in Boots’ Panto Comes to Drimnagh / Tháinig an Gheamaireacht ‘Puss in Boots’ go Droimneach

1960s-1980s
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Toys – Buy Now for Christmas! / Bréagáin – Ceannaigh Anois don Nollaig!

Amharc Éireann 1963
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Christmas Day Swim / Snámh Lae Nollag

Amharc Éireann 1961

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Children on Film

An Rinceoir

Irene Falvey
A short film about a beautiful dance and a dancer of unexpected origins. At an Irish Feis, a talented young dancer (Vitalija Bondareva) waits nervously in the wings before taking to the stage and performing a perfectly executed Irish dance. The Irish-speaking MC is surprised when she corrects his pronunciation of her name and tells […]
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1960s-1980s

Páistí ag Obair

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Louis Marcus’s observational documentary Páistí ag Obair (Children at Work) watches children learning through play in Irish Montessori schools in the 1970s. A voiceover, in both Irish and English, explains the Montessori method which celebrates the importance of play in developing children’s potential. Children are seen in classrooms playing with Montessori materials which promote reasoning […]
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2000s-present

Rúbaí

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‘God is everywhere, Rúbaí. Everyone knows that.’ – Despite her teacher’s declaration, eight-year-old Rúbaí challenges the existence of God in the days before her Holy Communion.   When Rúbaí continues to challenge her teacher and announces to the visiting priest  that she is an atheist, she provokes their frustration and leaves them speechless when she cites Charles Darwin as ‘a fella who makes sense’.  Enigmatic scenes of […]
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Amharc Éireann 1962

‘Bloomsday ‘62’ James Joyce Tower Opened/ Osclaíodh Túr James Joyce ar ‘Bloomsday ‘62’

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Eagrán 159.1   Sylvia Beach, the American who published Ulysses in 1922 under the imprint of her Paris bookshop, Shakespeare and Company, opens the Sandycove James Joyce Museum on 16th June 1962. D’oscail Sylvia Beach, an Meiriceánach a d’fhoilsigh Ulysses sa bhliain 1922 faoi inphrionta a siopa leabhar i bPáras, Shakespeare and Company, Músaem James […]
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Amharc Éireann 1963

Christmas in the City / An Nollaig sa Chathair

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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.   […]
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Amharc Éireann 1961

Christmas Cards Help World’s Refugees / Cártaí Nollag ag Cabhrú le Teifigh an Domhain

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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) […]
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1960s-1980s

‘Puss in Boots’ Panto Comes to Drimnagh / Tháinig an Gheamaireacht ‘Puss in Boots’ go Droimneach

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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, […]
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