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Schweppes: The Slimline Look

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A series of women are shown, focusing on their slim figures as they attract attention from people around them. An accompanying jingle sings about the ‘Slimline look’. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
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Ribena: Mother and Son

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A mother tells of the benefits of drinking Ribena every day. Her son hides beneath the table, receiving glasses of Ribena and conversing with his mother about Ribena. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.
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Babysoft Tissues: Kitchen Towels

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Advertisement consists of a long close up of a roll of Babysoft Kitchen Towel, with the sounds of a busy household heard in the background. The noises suggest that a spill has occurred and a hand reaches over to tear off sheets of kitchen towel from the roll. To see more from The Irish Adverts […]
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Bush: Superstar

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Advertisement for the Bush Superstar colour television, highlighting how black and white televisions are the only place you’ll see a football match in grey and encouraging viewers to buy or rent a Bush Superstar colour television. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.  
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CIE: Go Midweek

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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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Baring Arms

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There are many ways to commemorate the 1916 Rising, only one involves bloodshed. 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 events of Easter 1916. This collection of nine short films is a mixture of live-action, animation and […]
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Irish Hospital Sweepstakes: Sweepstakes Hurdle Draw

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This Irish Hospital Sweepstakes advert of an actual draw was originally broadcast in the 1960’s.With over £285,000 at stake, if you had a ticket you had ‘as good a chance as anybody anywhere of winning’. The Irish Hospitals’ Sweepstake was a lottery that began in 1930 as the Irish Free State Hospitals’ Sweepstake. It was […]
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Lemon’s Sweets: Gems

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This delightful animated advertisement for Lemon’s sweets was originally exhibited in cinemas in 1958. It is one of 3 adverts that were made by the company at this time but this is the only one in colour. In 1842 Graham Lemon opened The Confectioners Hall at 49 Lower Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street ) in […]
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