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Ribena: Mother and Son

22nd April 2017

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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

22nd April 2017

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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 […]

Babysoft Tissues: Family Size

22nd April 2017

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This advertisement depicts a packet of Babysoft tissues and various hands reaching over to pull out tissues. In the background, there is the sound of sneezing. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

Bush: Superstar

22nd April 2017

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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

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.

Meccano: Make Your Own World

22nd April 2017

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An advertisement for Meccano, displaying the various ways it can be used and the wide variety of models available. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

2000s-present

A Terrible Hullabaloo

1st March 2017

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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 […]

Drama

14 mins

The Party

1st March 2017

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Belfast 1972. Laurence welcomes his cousin and man-on-the-run Mickey to a party of drinking, dancing and young love. By morning, reality catches up with them.

2000s-present

The Cherishing

1st March 2017

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When The Rising starts the local sweet shops are the first to be looted by Dubliners living in the tenements. Noel and Tom race off and leave their mothers and sisters at home but the havoc of the next few days will come right to everyone’s door. Funded by Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland (formerly Bord […]

Documentary

Baring Arms

1st March 2017

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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 […]

Drama

Goodbye Darling

1st March 2017

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Goodbye Darling is one day in the enduring love story of Irish Volunteer Michael Joseph O’Rahilly and his wife Nancy. It is day five of the 1916 Rising, and as the fighting intensifies, a concerned Nancy seeks comfort and diversion by playing the piano, unaware that her husband is leaving the beleaguered G.P.O. to lead […]

Animation

Granite and Chalk

1st March 2017

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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 […]