Guinness TV Commercials for St Patrick's Day

If you can't be at a St Patrick's Day parade today, you can feel the spirit of the day with a few great Guinness commercials. It might be safer, too.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Whatever you do today, there's a chance you might run into some of the products or culture spawned by the Guinness Brewery of Dublin, Ireland.

It wasn't enough for Guinness to have a cult-like following among pub-goers around the world, they also created a media culture with 50 years of television ads that celebrate more than just their deep, dark stout. They celebrate life--as only the Irish could portray and celebrate it, in every corner the world.

Wait for the videos to load--if you have a slow connection, it might take a while. Can you guess which one contains an anvil?

Luckily for us, Guinness likes horses. They show up regularly in ads and commercials, or even at the gates of the ancient brewery in Dublin.

Thank you, Ireland, for making today a holiday--and for making Guinness ads that are such an inspiration, we all want to be part of it.


Border collie Guinness: Created intentionally to go viral via social media, this commercial has its own movie-like trailer. 

 

An Irish sea legend: how many times have you heard this joke? Guinness made sure that the whole world knows it.


CG-Guinness: The Irish rugby team reveals its roots (definitely a favorite)


Pub culture Guinness: A stout history of barroom pool.



Polar Guinness: Someone needs to make a movie about Ireland's Tom Crean. He survived both the Scott and Shackleton expeditions to Antarctica, walked across the Ice Shelf (as described in this commercial), was named a British hero, and then retreated from public view to run a pub in County Kerry, Ireland. At least Guinness made his legend the star of a commercial.



Just silly Guinness: because you knew I'd find an anvil buried in all these Guinness ads for my farrier friends. 

There are dozens and dozens of great Guinness ads. What's your favorite? 

There's even a "Guinnessads" channel on YouTube.

And don't forget these special Guinness ads that are already on The Hoof Blog:

The Guinness horses surfer ad
The Guinness Christmas commercial

Thanks, Ireland and thanks, Guinness!

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