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1950s Irish newsreel service has been digitally archived

While we all may be familiar with the iconic British Pathé logo adorning archive footage of Irel...

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18.08 3 Mar 2026


1950s Irish newsreel service has been digitally archived


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While we all may be familiar with the iconic British Pathé logo adorning archive footage of Ireland pre nineteen sixties with an English accent narrating events, in the nineteen fifties, Gael Linn founded their own newsreel service, narrated as Gaeilge. The footage has now been digitised and is available to view online, and Ronan McGreevy, News Reporter with The Irish Times joins Shane to talk about the archive.

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