Irish musicians Gemma Hayes and Richard Egan are bringing festival cheers to this years SPAR Christmas ad with their track ‘The Christmas Song’.
The brand have pumped over €800k into their new TV ad campaign where their iconic tree gets a seasonal makeover and the advert features many places around Ireland, with many staking their claim to fame. The track was specially produced by Richie Egan of Jape and Gemma Hayes to come together and perform a special cover of The Christmas Song, an original by The Raveonettes.
So, the song can be bought on ITunes if you’re a fan of what they’ve done and if you’re wonder what locations are used in the advert, well we’ve a handy list just below, which is followed by the video for the ad too.
Locations which appear in the advertisement
– Guy with dog – Three Castle Head, West Cork
– Frozen lake – Glengariff, West Cork
– Rural phone booth – R572 (Glengariff –Castletownbere Road), West Cork
– City phone booth – Abbey Street, Dublin 1
– DART – Pearse Street Station, Dublin
– Boat – Leighlin Bridge, Co. Carlow
– Horse – Schull, West Cork
– Cable car – Dursey Island, West Cork
– Quarry – R572 (Glengariff –Castletownbere Road), West Cork
– Pool – Tallaght Sports Complex, Dublin 24
– Sea Cave – Portrane Beach, Dublin
– Buoy/Trawler – Schull Harbour, West Cork
– Football pitch – Pembroke Club, Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4
– Road – M50, Dublin
– Airport – Cork Airport
– School – St Paul’s School, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
– Forest – Barnarlingan Wood, The Scalp, Co. Wicklow
– SPAR The Triangle, Ranelagh, Dublin