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Knorr: Good Housewife

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Advertisement for the Knorr Cube competition where competitors are requested to answer: What makes a good housewife? A series of still images demonstrate the suggested qualities and also the various prizes that can be won. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

Spike: Spike That Thirst

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Advertisement for the soft drink Spike, showing people drinking the product in various situations, i.e. a couple on a motorbike, young people dancing, a band, and at a bowling alley. A jingle is heard throughout, singing: ‘you better Spike it.’ To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

Odlum’s: Christmas

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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.

Cadet: Marching Band

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Animated advertisement depicting bottles of Cadet soft drink marching in formation and singing a song about the various flavours. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.  

Jacob’s: Busker

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In this animated advertisement, a musician entertains a group of children and encourages mothers to ‘bring ‘em back a busker’ chocolate bar. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

Jacob’s: Club Shortcake

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An animated advertisement in which a professor introduces Jacob’s newest biscuit: Club Shortcake. This is a follow-up to the advertisement Jacob’s previously released for the Club Goldgrain and features the same characters. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

A Terrible Hullabaloo

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The story of young Vinny Byrne, a fourteen-year-old boy who found himself fighting for Ireland in the Easter Rising. An eighty-year-old Vinny reminisces on his time with the volunteers, which took him around the city during the fighting. With Vinny’s Dublin brought to life by handmade miniature sets and puppetry, the film offers a uniquely […]

Granite and Chalk

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As rebels planned Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising, they were watched by two spies code-named Granite and Chalk. This documentary delves into British intelligence to tell their story, one century on. Funded by Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland (formerly Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board), After ’16 is a creative response by Irish filmmakers to the […]