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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.
Tuesday 12 November, 2024
Tuesday 12 November, 2024
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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
2. The nifty red sweatshirts worn by many a Power City spokesman
3. “Hiya Kate! It’s me, the guy from the bar.”
No, honestly it is.
4. The coy head on Sally O’Brien
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
TUNE.
*praise hands emoji*
9. The Bus Éireann dog!
Who could forget?
10. This immortal question
11. This song still subconsciously sung by adults as they stand at traffic lights…
Sure, you might technically be a grown-up, but that doesn’t mean the Safe Cross Code doesn’t occasionally infiltrate your thoughts.
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