Gault

The Benjamin Gault Collection

6th September 2024

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To celebrate UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2024, we are delighted to release The Benjamin Gault Collection on the IFI Archive Player. The beautifully restored footage is available to watch from anywhere in the world and includes musical accompaniment by Dingle natives Aoife Granville (fiddle, flute) and Deirdre Granville (harp). For more information about […]

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Amateur

West Cork

24th August 2016

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This short film shows a delightful visit to West Cork. The holidaymakers (friends of Father Delany) relax in the garden of Casey’s Hotel, take a boat trip, bathe in the sea and join in an impromptu group singalong and a spur-of-the-moment dance. Father Jack Delany (1906-1980) was ordained in 1930 at the age of 24 […]

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Entertainment

The Irish Riviera

22nd August 2016

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This early example of a state-sponsored promotional film was made in 1936 and showcases the sunny south coast of Ireland and everything it has to offer to a first-time visitor to Ireland. Made by the Irish Tourist Association, the film briefly visits Cork City showing that from the busy shopping centre of Patrick’s Street, to […]

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Amharc Éireann 1960

New Cork Dockyard / Longchlós Nua Chorcaí

18th July 2016

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Amharc Éireann – Eagrán 73   The Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, opens the new dockyard in Cork as construction begins on a 15,000-ton ship, the biggest of its kind to be made in Ireland. D’oscail an Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, an longchlós nua i gCorcaigh agus tús á chur le tógáil ar long 15,000 tonna, an ceann […]

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