This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.
By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy.
You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site.
To learn more see our
Cookies Policy.
Download our app
11 legendary moments in Irish advertising history
YOU MIGHT NOT be able to remember the names of old school friends or a single thing you learned in geography, but certain television ads are forever etched into your memory.
Like…
1. This legendary text
Barry's Tea / Facebook Barry's Tea / Facebook / Facebook
2. The nifty red sweatshirts worn by many a Power City spokesman
3. “Hiya Kate! It’s me, the guy from the bar.”
meadowsirl / YouTube meadowsirl / YouTube / YouTube
No, honestly it is.
4. The coy head on Sally O’Brien
haribokey / YouTube haribokey / YouTube / YouTube
From the infamous Harp ad, of course.
5. The time Sharon Ní Bheoláin got a shout out in a Carlsberg ad
What an honour.
(And in case your memory needs refreshing, here it is.)
6. A young Alan Hughes gazing wistfully out the window as he returns home for Christmas
7. Maurice Pratt telling the nation about Quinnsworth’s latest offers
8. The annoyingly catchy Pat The Baker song
Syzy9ial / YouTube Syzy9ial / YouTube / YouTube
TUNE.
*praise hands emoji*
9. The Bus Éireann dog!
Bus Eireann / YouTube Bus Eireann / YouTube / YouTube
Who could forget?
10. This immortal question
YouTube YouTube
11. This song still subconsciously sung by adults as they stand at traffic lights…
YouTube YouTube
Sure, you might technically be a grown-up, but that doesn’t mean the Safe Cross Code doesn’t occasionally infiltrate your thoughts.
11 delicious Irish comfort foods that hit the spot, every time >
Which Irish TV Presenter Are You?
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Ads Irish is this a date TV