Join us for free screening of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive every Monday, Wednesday and double-bill Saturday. Simply collect your tickets at IFI Box Office, or book your ticket on our website for a small fee!

PROGRAMME ONE

AINMHITHE NA FEIRME

Liam Ó Laoghaire and Brendan Ó Sé’s film about farm animals and their offspring in the springtime.

5 mins, Ireland, 1942, Digital

ALL IN AN APRIL EVENING

Amateur filmmaker Father Jackie Moran illustrates Katharine Tynan’s poem read by Dennis Brennan.

5 mins, Ireland, 1963, Digital

DUBLIN SPRING SHOW

Lively livestock compete at the Spring Show.

3 mins, Ireland, 1974, Digital

PROGRAMME TWO

UNIVERSAL NEWS: IRISH EDITION AN TÓSTAL

This newsreel is about the second annual Springtime festival of An Tóstal in 1955. It shows events in Dublin, Cork and Meath: A military parade in O’Connell St.; horse racing; the Spring Show at the RDS; amateur boxing; folk dancing and a Patrician Pageant.

21 mins, Ireland, 1955, Digital

Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn