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Emerald Shannon

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The Bakers, an English family, arrive in the west of Ireland for a delightful cruising holiday along the Shannon visiting Banagher, Clonmacnoise and Athlone. Emerald Shannon was sponsored by Emerald Star Line Ltd. (a company within the Guinness Group). This film is part of The Guinness Film Society Film Group Collection. To see more from […]

Trouble in Ireland

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This newsreel is a compilation of events that happened in Ireland between 1916 and 1922. The order of the events is not presented sequentially, but it gives a glimpse of the level of military presence and destruction in Ireland (predominantly Dublin city) during this time. The first segment shows British soldiers leaving Athlone Barracks following […]