Irish Matches: Weird
A short advertisement for Irish Matches in which a mysterious monster turns out the lights on a terrified man.
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Milk of Magnesia: Boat
An advertisement for Milk of Magnesia medication, showing the improvement it offers a young boy’s well-being.
Milk of Magnesia: Tablets
A short advertisement for Milk of Magnesia medication tablets, featuring an office worker suffering from indigestion.
Ronson Escort 2000
An advertisement for the Ronson Escort 2000, in which a woman wears the portable hairdrying system along with other gifts recieved from her family.
Spar: So Near So Spar
Advertisement featuring a jingle singing about all the things Spar is; ‘so fresh’, ‘so friendly’ and ‘so low in price’. It also highlights the wide variety of products available in Spar shops, including international food products.
Dulux: Matchmaker
Short advertisement introducing the Dulux Matchmaker 400, explaining how it can match any colour to create your preferred paint.
Winstons: New Look
An advertisement for Winstons department store, Kilkenny City, highlighting its ‘New Look’ range of products.
Scotties Tissues
An animated advertisement for Scotties Tissues, in which a man pulls tissues out of a box and explains how they stay soft, even when you crumple them up. The advertisement concludes with a freeze-frame showing the man leaning on the box of Scotties, with strapline: ‘Crumple Soft Scotties’.
Musgrave Tea: Matchmaker
A humorous advertisement for PG Tips Tea. A man is stopped and searched by armed German police. They find a leaflet for the Musgrave Brook Bond Matchmaker scheme in the man’s pocket and become excited. Rounding up the rest of the police, they race off to avail of the scheme, avoiding gunfire while they shout about prizes and savings.
Odorono: Like a Girl
A short advertisement for Odorono roll-on deodorant which, ‘like a girl’, is active, efficient and feminine.
Maguire and Paterson Matches: Dancing
An advertisement for Cara and Friendly brand matches, featuring animated dancing matchsticks.
Maguire and Paterson Matches: Egypt
An animated advertisement for Maguire & Paterson matches, featuring dancing matchsticks dressed as ancient Egyptians.
Spar: Weekly Deals
Advertisement for Spar which lists the various discounts currently available in-store, including reductions in the price of PG Tips tea, Heinz Baked Beans and Nescafé coffee.
Penneys: Spring into Summer
Advertisement for Penneys summer range in which a girl flicks through images of clothes, admiring the different outfits on sale.
Sudotex: Hand Cream
A short advertisement for Sudotex hand cream.
Sudocrem: A Great Friend
An advertisement for Sudocrem antiseptic cream, showing a variety of uses in everyday life.
Seiko: James Bond Watch
Advertisement for Seiko watches featuring the watch James Bond wore in For Your Eyes Only.
Thrive: Calf Milk Replacer
A short advertisement for Thrive, in which farmer Seamus Kelly praises the results of using the calf milk replacement formula.
Odorono: American Woman
An advertisement for Odorono, suggesting that roll-on deodorant is the secret to the sophistication of American women.
Hoffman's: Speedboat
Advertisement for Hoffman’s lager in which a voiceover explains how Bill has lost his friend Gavin’s speedboat but continues to smile because he’s drinking a pint of Hoffman’s.
Nilfisk: The Big Cleaning Job
An animated advertisement for the versatile range of Nilfisk vacuum cleaners.
Sunbound Holidays: Go Sunbound
Images of a sunny holiday resort and friendly staff entice Irish tourists to book a Sunbound holiday and ‘make the most of your holiday’.
Spar: Price Train
Short advertisement for Spar featuring an animated train travelling along the window of a Spar shop and displaying deals on offer.
Bovril Stock Cubes: Red Meat
Short advertisement for Bovril Cubes featuring Terry Wogan.