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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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Amharc Éireann 1962

Christmas Lights / Soilse na Nollag

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Eagrán 185.2   Traffic in Dublin comes to a standstill as crowds gather on O’Connell Bridge to await Santa’s arrival, waterskiing up the Liffey. Tháinig stop leis trácht i mBaile Átha Cliath agus na sluaite ag bailiú ar Dhroichead Uí Chonaill le fanacht le teacht Daidí na Nollag agus é ag sciáil-uisce suas Abhainn Life. […]
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Amharc Éireann 1961

Christmas Day Swim / Snámh Lae Nollag

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Eagrán 83.1   The freezing annual Dublin Swimming Club Christmas swim is underway at the Clontarf Baths. Tá snámh reoite bliantúil ag Club Snámha um Nollaig Bhaile Átha Cliath ar siúl ag Folcadáin Chluain Tarbh.     Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s first long-running indigenous newsreel series. It was […]
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Waiting for the Light

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This compelling biography shines a spotlight on one of the titans of Irish cinema George Morrison. Waiting for the Light is a moving and illuminating portrait of the then 85-year-old Irish film auteur, George Morrison. Ciarín Scott explores his work, his life and his love in frank and intimate interviews interwoven with previously unseen stills […]
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Ocras

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Made to mark the 25th anniversary of one of the most dramatic periods of Northern Ireland history when in 1981 ten men, including elected MP Bobby Sands, starved to death on hunger strike for the right to political status in prison. The events served as a unifying force for Irish nationalists and marked a watershed […]
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Tubberware

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Tubberware is a humorous and unusual short film directed by Irish playwright Paul Mercier. In a provocative exploration of Irish cultural heritage and identity in the modern world, the film presents a day in the life of an Irish-speaking district in the heart of Connemara and cleverly satirizes the effect of tourism on the community. […]
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FLUENT DYSPHASIA

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In this short by Daniel O’Hara, Stephen Rea plays Murph, a father who wakes up after a night on the town to the shocking realisation that he is now fluent in the Irish language but has completely forgotten how to speak English. Confused by this unusual situation he desperately reaches out to his daughter, Jane […]
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1960s-1980s

Irish College Ranafast

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Father Joe Dunn introduces Ranafast, the Gaeltacht area in the Rosses region of Donegal, telling us: “We hear a lot about the vanishing Irish, the flight from the land, and the depopulation of the Gaeltacht. But the little village has not suffered any depopulation, particularly during the summer months when the famous Irish college is […]
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Amharc Éireann 1962

Leinster Championship Rifle Shoot / Craobhchomórtas Lámhach Raidhfil Chúige Laighean

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Eagrán 171.2   Gunmen from six counties of Ulster take part in the 1962 Leinster Gun Championships, held in Dublin. Ghlac gunnadóirí ó shé chontae i gCúige Uladh páirt i gCraobhchomórtais Gunnaí Laighean 1962, a tionóladh i mBaile Átha Cliath.     Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s first long-running […]
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Amharc Éireann 1961

Japanese Goods on Display / Earraí Seapánacha ar Taispeántas

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Eagrán 126.3   A fine array of unusual Japanese trinkets, toys, and other goods are on display at Brown Thomas, Dublin. Tá réimse breá áilleagán, bréagáin agus earraí neamhghnácha Seapánacha ar taispeáint ag Brown Thomas, Baile Átha Cliath.     Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s first long-running indigenous newsreel […]
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