The Guinness Film Society Film Group was an amateur filmmaking group set up in 1958. Its core members were Ries Hoek (camera) and Guinness staffers John Gleeson (editor) and Mike Lawlor (producer). The IFI Irish Film Archive has now meticulously restored three of the group’s four films.

EMERALD SHANNON
An English family arrive in the West of Ireland for a delightful cruising holiday along the Shannon.
27 mins, Ireland, 1971, Digital

LIFFEY FACES
Capturing the Liffey from source to sea: the Liffey Descent, the Liffey Swim and the Ringsend Regatta.
26 mins, Ireland, 1970, Digital

CIALL CHEANNAIGH
This verité-style documentary captures the hustle and bustle of Ireland’s first suburban shopping centre, Dunnes Stores, Cornelscourt.
15 mins, Ireland, 1969, Digital, Black & White

This Restoration Programme has been supported by the Heritage Council and Dublin Port Company.

The programme will be introduced by Mike Lawlor.