GFS Film Group

Liffey Faces

10th August 2023

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Filmed during the summer of 1968, Liffey Faces traces the journey of a small toy boat down the river Liffey. As it makes its way from Kippure to Poolbeg, we witness a host of water-based antics including the Liffey Descent (a canoe marathon race), rowing at Islandbridge, the Liffey Swim and the Ringsend Regatta. This […]

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GFS Film Group

Ciall Cheannaigh

10th August 2023

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This observational documentary, with a soundtrack by Donal Lunny, captures the hustle and bustle of Ireland’s first suburban shopping centre, Dunnes Stores, Cornelscourt. While the first modern shopping centres emerged in the United States in the 1920s, it was the 1960s before they began to pop up in Europe. In Ireland they generally appeared in […]

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Emerald Shannon

10th August 2023

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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 […]

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Newsreels

Review of Irish Events 1923

28th March 2018

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This newsreel is a compilation of events that happened in Ireland during 1923. The events are varied in content and tone but provide an interesting perspective on a country reaching the end of one of the most revolutionary periods in its history.  

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