Irish Brands No Longer With Us

flanree · 08-10-2009 2:52am

Was the soft drinks company Dwan's Irish? And I seem to remember a Phoenix Cycles?

Firetrap · 10-10-2009 1:03pm

I think they were. Was Pak orange Irish?

TheScribbler · 10-10-2009 2:00pm

I thought they were American!

DundalkDuffman · 10-10-2009 2:51pm

Cairns beer from Drogheda

TheScribbler · 10-10-2009 4:42pm

I must admit I can't recall Cairns Beer but then Ireland used to have many local regional beer brands. I certainly remember McArdles. It is good to see the slow emergence of the boutique beers by private suppliers and many of these may well become future brands

mikedublin · 11-10-2009 10:26am

Some of the brand names I remember that are now gone include ; The Evening Press newspaper, Dan Air (who weren't actually Irish but used to fly from Dublin to London), Those City Imp buses , and all the pirate radio stations : Radio Nova, Sunshine, Energy 103. Everything in Dunnes Stores used to be branded St.Bernard, and there are some things that have changed their names ; RTE Relays became Cablelink became NTL, and Eircell became Vodafone, E-sat Digifone became 02.

ScouseMouse · 11-10-2009 10:33am

phill106 wrote: »

have another cup of coffee, its bRands not bands
waterford crystal anyone?

A lot of Waterford Crystal is made in Poland !

lord lucan · 11-10-2009 2:15pm

Roches Stores was a sad departure from the Irish shopping scene,swallowed up by Debenhams. It's sad that Henry st and Grafton st. look the same as any British High st. now. My memories of Henry st./Mary st. in the 80's/90's were of streets full of diverse business',many were unique and not part of any chain.

orourkeda · 11-10-2009 4:33pm

The Green Party

The Progressive Democrats

Stephen Ireland.

Andy Reid

TheScribbler · 11-10-2009 8:34pm

Lord Lucan, your point is well made. The change in retail ownership has been huge over the last decade. Speaking personally I am sad to see local retailers disappear as they always gave individual towns so much character. But we are living in a global world now!

we'llallhavetea_old · 12-10-2009 11:14pm

cavan cola? anyone? is it still being made? it was like liquid heaven.

Salmon Leap · 12-10-2009 11:20pm

Steiger Lager?

Savage Smyth lemonade?

I think these were both Irish and don't see either one now.

Joliegood · 13-10-2009 5:25pm

Sam Spudz ?

Jimmyboss · 13-10-2009 5:33pm

Cahills bread and Mayco footballs (Ballina)

Up Tipp · 13-10-2009 9:56pm

Dwans made in Thurles, their red lemonade special ( I remember asking for Vodka & red, bag of Taytos and twenty Major just off the boat, they thought I was speaking Irish !)....Dwans had license for RC Cola

Lt. Palumbo · 16-10-2009 12:29am

Crazy Prices!!!

For some reason I was obsessed with that place as a kid.

Vague memories now of cartoon characters on chalk boards.

I can't hear "Tiger Feet" without thinking of that place.

I was also gonna mention Henri Hippo (not a brand but in the same vein) but a quick search has revealed that he's back!!!

GerardKeating · 16-10-2009 1:43pm

vektarman wrote: »

Swastika laundry. If we include bakeries I'm thinking of Kennedys and Butterkrust. Great thread BTW.

KingBurger

Burgerland.

Jimmyboss · 16-10-2009 1:55pm

Anybody remember Kiskadee rum????

uch · 16-10-2009 1:56pm

Jimmyboss wrote: »

Anybody remember Kiskadee rum????

Lovely stuff, drank it by the gallon

Jimmyboss · 16-10-2009 2:00pm

Smithwicks Barley Wine

uch · 16-10-2009 2:03pm

Jimmyboss wrote: »

Smithwicks Barley Wine

Jaysus I remember that stuff too. :eek:

nehemiah · 16-10-2009 2:05pm

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

cavan cola? anyone? is it still being made? it was like liquid heaven.

Sure it has its own Wikipedia page and everything!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavan_Cola

And a Bebo page for people with little to do!

http://www.bebo.com/cavan-cola-forever

Oh and this!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7118861.stm

admiralofthefleet · 16-10-2009 4:02pm

GerardKeating wrote: »

KingBurger

Burgerland.

metroburger on hawkins street

TheScribbler · 16-10-2009 5:43pm

Goodness I can remember Kiskadee. Its marketing launch was hugely expensive and despite the wonderful TV ads and excellent creative graphics it just bombed out. I guess the drinking public either weren't ready for it or simply didn't like. That is the danger with so many created brands that they fall victim to fashion - it was simply a 'Yesterday's Product.'

Come to that if you remember Kiskadee the chances are that you will laso remember Guinness Light that suffered the same fate.

TheScribbler · 16-10-2009 5:47pm

The popularity of the clarion call to reinstate Cavan Cola has been an amazing accomplishment. Actually I wish a lot more activism had been used on occasion to support other local brands that have been forced to bite the dust. In many cases output simply hasn't been economic to sustain them, so preoccupied have we become with consuming international brands. Goodness we even wear their names on the outside of our clothing to provide them with free advertising! Are we crazy or what?

Jimmyboss · 16-10-2009 6:33pm

TheScribbler wrote: »

Goodness I can remember Kiskadee. Its marketing launch was hugely expensive and despite the wonderful TV ads and excellent creative graphics it just bombed out. I guess the drinking public either weren't ready for it or simply didn't like. That is the danger with so many created brands that they fall victim to fashion - it was simply a 'Yesterday's Product.'

Come to that if you remember Kiskadee the chances are that you will laso remember Guinness Light that suffered the same fate.

Yeah, it was putrid tack, what about BREO, another huge cock-up......

TheScribbler · 19-10-2009 12:00am

I used to like Savage Smith American Cream Soda and Thwaites brown lemonade but the latter disappeared in the 50s, I think

Up Tipp · 20-10-2009 9:12pm

Anyone remember Beanos (like smarties} arrowroot biscuits, toytown biscuits and buying cigarettes by the ones and twos, mid 70s and they never asked for ID

GerardKeating · 20-10-2009 11:27pm

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

metroburger on hawkins street

Yes, the Trippe-Quarter pounder was a bit on the large side...

mitcher · 21-10-2009 12:19am

Is Taylor Keiths red lemonade still around, i used to love that with a Flash Bar

lord lucan · 21-10-2009 2:25am

mitcher wrote: »

Is Taylor Keiths red lemonade still around, i used to love that with a Flash Bar

The TK Red lemonade is still around,as is Cream soda!:)

dochara · 23-10-2009 10:05am

TheScribbler wrote: »

Frankly I was thinking only of locally grown brands that were designed and manufactured in Ireland. Think of names like Urney, Cleeves, Findlaters, Foxford Rugs, Blarney Yarns, Crannock Furniture, Rosses Tonic Water etc and you will seek what I am driving at

Here's one I wouldn't mind getting my teeth into! Remember Fry's Punch bar?

Run_to_da_hills · 24-10-2009 9:53am

Ireland itself since 2nd October 2009 since it was sold out :mad:

B&I bought out by Irish Shipping.

Tonor Motorcycle Jackets in the 80ies with two distinctive stripes down the arms. Made to fit by Toner himself in Dublin. Would take several weeks but worth it.

Eircell, bought out by Vodafone.

damonjewel · 25-10-2009 9:55am

Jimmyboss wrote: »

Yeah, it was putrid tack, what about BREO, another huge cock-up......

In a similar vein, the four master beers that were to be produced by Guinness, I don´t think they bothered with the fourth one, I only remember Toucan, North Star. and brew59 (I think). Anyone know what happened there? or am I wrong

Shan75 · 25-10-2009 10:36pm

Leadmore Ice Cream.Not sure if it is still there but I remember passing it near Kilrush years ago on our way to Kilkee.

L1011 · 25-10-2009 10:58pm

Shan75 wrote: »

Leadmore Ice Cream.Not sure if it is still there but I remember passing it near Kilrush years ago on our way to Kilkee.

I've seen a Leadmore lorry in the past two months, anyway. A quick google finds no website for them, and an EU ruling over access to freezer cabinets (yeah, weird) from 1997 saying they'd hit the wall in '94 but were bought out.

Shan75 · 25-10-2009 11:07pm

Ranks Flour gone quite a while now.

Shan75 · 25-10-2009 11:17pm

Thompson Motor Company in Wexford which manufactured the Sports car TMC Costin.

30-10-2009 8:17pm

powerfarmer wrote: »

Production at Valley ceased around 1998 (their factory was in Thurles) But there was an attempt to restart production around 2000/2001, it never happened and I worked on dismantling the plant shortly after.

speak of thurles, the dwans brand name seems to be gone. didnt they used have a brand of soft drinks? tk is another name i dont see much of?

TheScribbler · 03-11-2009 9:43pm

Is Musgrave's Tea still around. Many years ago they used to promote the tea, (which broadly competed with Lyons Mauve & Green Label) with on pack promotions for their own brand of clear sweets that appeared to be close copies of 'Spangles.' Any memories anyone?

rednik · 03-11-2009 11:04pm

Should have mentioned this in your cinema thread but do you remember the Star Crush ice pops they used to serve in the cinemas back in the seventies. Best orange ice pop ever.

TheScribbler · 04-11-2009 5:31pm

Actually I don't remember it but it sounds very like one of the Lyons Maid lollies. They used to bring on a lot of short term product names which they thought would be popular like Captain Rainbow, Space 1999 and (wait for it) Bionic Lolly, after the fashion of the Six Million Dollar Man (probably Six Billion Dollars by today's standards.

Did it taste good?

powerfarmer · 05-11-2009 1:09pm

As mentioned by TheScribbler many of the short term ice lollies were possibly Lyons Maid products, for more information on their products see here: http://www.kzwp.com/lyons/index.htm

However given the strong position that Irish manufacturers held then, and the costs associated with transporting frozen product long distances then it could well have been a lolly of Irish manufacture from Dale Farm or Valley.

Can you remember what shape the lolly was? As then not many of the Irish makers had the capability to make 3D style lollies only the conventional round, rectangular or tapered (rocket shape) types.

TheScribbler · 05-11-2009 4:53pm

Actually I agree with Powerfarmer. My instinct is that it was made by Valley.

powerfarmer · 06-11-2009 12:25am

Yes probably also I think a lot of the 3D type (Fatfrog style) lollies of that period were made by Valley, AFAIK they operated a machine which could make 3D lollies but I think the designs on this system were mostly limited to Disney characters,there was a tie up between the machine manufacturer and Disney.

rednik · 06-11-2009 6:19pm

It was the best tasting orange ice pop ever. Somebody mentioned a gold foil wrapper in the other thread, well the star crush was wrapped this way. The closest I have ever come to tasting similar would be the callipo and even then it is only close. I reckon this was in the early 70s in the Pavilion in Dun Laoghaire.

aDeener · 07-11-2009 1:15am

TheScribbler wrote: »

I must admit I can't recall Cairns Beer but then Ireland used to have many local regional beer brands. I certainly remember McArdles. It is good to see the slow emergence of the boutique beers by private suppliers and many of these may well become future brands

McArdles ale is still around, i got some cans of it in the spar in whitehall a couple of months ago. lovely stuff

Beamish Red Ale

TheScribbler · 10-11-2009 12:37am

I may project as a bit cynical but I sometimes wonder if we experience the same beer with different brand names around them as they often taste exactly the same!

The Cush · 15-11-2009 10:24pm

Not an Irish manufactured brand that I know of but probably around longer than some products mentioned here, yellow Sunlight Soap and red carbolic Lifebuoy Soap (Unilever products) have just recently disappeared off the shelves.

People around the area who still used the soaps for handwashing or clothes washing are disappointed they are no longer available.

This appears to be because the products contained phenol (carbolic acid) which is now banned due to an EU Directive.

steveone · 16-11-2009 9:14pm

Ruu wrote: »

The copy books in Irish schools (the ones with a footballer, hurler, rugby player, etc) on the front. Did Aisling make those as well?

That was Capital Spicers who did those copies with the footballers, they were a white copy

Irish Brands No Longer With Us

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