In Ireland we have nostalgic ads

is one of those places i don't think i've ever met anyone from (aside from while being there)

nah they all flee to galway

I was near Boyle in a tiny town called Castlecoote. Very pretty but probably insanely boring to live in.

Joyce is great. But I read Ulysses in college with one of "those" professors and feel like I totally "got" it & by extension "the soul of all Ireland."

Really though the reason I "get" Ireland is cause I've seen that Harp ad.

you are more irish than the irish themselves

x-post otm, did you see sally o'brien at all while "home"

sally o'brien was irl a brit sori to destroy ur illusions

she was on the late late to break it to the nation i saw it on reeling in the years

can't believe i lusted after a brit...an insult to the patriots

sorry were gonna take you out and shoot you now RIP i guess you had a good run

sher

I didn't see Sally O'Brien, I was too busy frying eggs, thousands of them, for in Ireland, unlike the Iberian peninsula, eggs are plentiful.

Disgusted to find out she's a Brit. What would my great great great grandfather, John Kerry Regan of Ballyghadoreen, County Roscommon, say?

ah sher this is it, i'll be dead now in a minute. mad altogether.

mad is right

is crack really frowned upon? what kind of drugs to people do there?

The pint of harp

^^ see xposts

Fierce.

My strongest memories of distinctively Irish ads involve the president of the IFA or someone monotoning about brucellosis and vaccinating your cows or somewhat. YouTube knows nothing.

cailini deas in shawls getting all moony eyed over a fucking cup a soup.

is this what john o'leary wanted for us?

i was thinking about it, and as far as i can tell, pound for pound, ireland has produced better ilx posters than any other nation

i dunno if they have a statistically significant number of ilx posters though

we punch drunk above our weight

i have been deeply enjoying this series of irish viral videos on the awl

http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/a-five-part-guide-to-irish-viral-videos-part-one-irish-rap

http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/a-five-part-guide-to-irish-viral-videos-the-secret-pregnancy-of-ham-sandwich

http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/a-five-part-guide-to-irish-viral-videos-part-three-the-gardai

http://www.theawl.com/2010/09/a-five-part-guide-to-irish-viral-videos-the-peculiar-madness-of-pat-kenny

sorry man but grabbing him bloody out of the womb and plunging him into your shoebox to prove to everyone how important your irish identity is = NAGL

― harbly formed dn pun (zvookster),

this is a good point, tbf

I just love how the mother in the Kerrygold ad clearly hates the German wagon who stole her son away. In her own head she is a wronged woman who gave him everything, everything, only for him to become bewitched by some flaxen-haired temptress from another country and leave his only home. In his head she is a nagging old biddy who is never happy about anything and he couldn't wait to get away from her. It's the oldest story we have.

sally o'brien gutted too

can't believe max is one of the regans from ballaghadereen tbh.

Ahhh, sally o'brien

what kind of crazy marketing fairydust magic makes you nostalgic for a place you never left, sher

Fiersh

and the pint of harp

this thread!

liam brady!

this thread breaks my heart because it is impossible to find the breakfast time back home ad

this is maybe the pinnacle of these ads

Cannot believe that's not on youtube. Travesty.

its kindof like never gonna happen now i think. like we've reached the end point of people still watching movies taped off the telly years ago so you're not gonna start lolling over a "this madness must end sooun" and wanna upload it y'know?

whats the point of the fucking internet. so appalled.

there's some brand of bog roll that used to pride itself on its irishness on the wrapper? always used to make me chuckle

all of them tbh?

hey, while we're all in one place, has anyone yesterday's independent? my uncle's only been featured or printed or somesuch in a 'new irish writing' supplement or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPH4Mv06Lig
not the gold standard of any kerrygold ad, but i always loved it.

fuck knows if I can explain the magic of this one though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6IDO6M4Occ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOliu0yCMI0

Um, not safe for work.

haven't seen the "Goin' Back" ad turn up yet

'Sally O'Brien' is Vicky Michelle!

wait can you even use one of them ceramic/clay le creuset pots on a convection hob?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umHnB0DtoU

the waterwipes advert is something tho, an actual human from uncanny valley

https://youtu.be/neBlUqR6IRc

reminds me of the carbon monoxide it IS the silent killer ad. my friend got a photo with that old guy.

that dublin bus thing tho - it is fucking hilariously bad.

most of the advert is just low budget a little bit bad but the lad in the costume dancing like a wounded Bez, wtf is that about?

like they didn't have time for a second take even?