Guinness Adverts

Island

23rd November 2023

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The Irish-speaking customers of an isolated pub on a remote western island wait patiently for a delivery of Guinness, until finally the keg-filled currach is spotted. This well-known advert won a Clio award in New York for Arks Advertising in 1978, a Silver Cannes Lion and further awards from the Advertising Awards Festival, ICAD and […]

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McVitie’s: Teddy Bear

22nd April 2017

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An advertisement for McVitie’s, in which a giant teddy bear tries to persuade a man to give him biscuits. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

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Spray n’ Stay: Freedom For Women

22nd April 2017

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An advertisement for Pond’s Spray n’ Stay, in which a feminist meeting denounces the hair spray before one of the speakers has a change of heart. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

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CIE: Go Midweek

22nd April 2017

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Advertisement for the CIE mainline rail service in which a family travel by train midweek. The voiceover explains that you can avail of free return fares midweek. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

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