Film and TV locations in Ireland
65 places to shoot in Ireland: 13 houses and apartments, 9 offices, schools and public buildings, 6 studios and backlots and 37 more. 43 have a photo and 26 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What Ireland pays back
Ireland runs the Section 481 Film Tax Credit, worth 32% as a tax credit. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison, and find a studio, service company or post house in the 19 companies we list in Ireland.
Regions
- Dublin 17
- County Cork 9
- County Wicklow 5
- County Galway 5
- County Kerry 4
- County Limerick 3
- Cork 3
And single locations in 15 more regions, all of them in the list below.
Houses and apartments in Ireland 13
Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. All 13 on their own page.
14 Henrietta Street
House & apartment
A Georgian townhouse on Henrietta Street that later became a tenement, now a museum of Dublin housing history with restored interiors and original wallpaper found during conservation work.
Seen in: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Borris House
House & apartment
A Regency country house at Borris in County Carlow, seat of the MacMorrough Kavanagh family, hired out in full for weddings, corporate events and productions, with gardens overlooking the River Barrow.
Derrynane House
House & apartment
Coastal home of nineteenth-century political leader Daniel O'Connell on the Ring of Kerry, with period rooms, a walled garden and dunes running down to the Atlantic.
Lift access and WiFi available on site.
Doneraile Court
House & apartment
Georgian house and deer park in north Cork, with a walled garden, follies and grazing red deer, cared for by the Office of Public Works.
Lift access on site.
Dwyer McAllister Cottage
House & apartment
A restored thatched and whitewashed cottage at Derrynamuck near Donard, rebuilt after an 1799 skirmish of the 1798 rebellion, with period furnishings on display.
Emo Court
House & apartment
Neoclassical domed mansion designed by James Gandon in County Laois, with formal lawns, a lake and an avenue of Wellingtonia trees, managed by the OPW.
Killruddery House
House & apartment
Elizabethan-revival mansion on the edge of Bray with a domed Victorian conservatory, formal gardens with twin canals, woodland walks and a working farmyard on the wider estate.
Seen in: Excalibur, My Left Foot, The Tudors, Fate: The Winx Saga
Capacity: 500 · Four hireable spaces: the Grain Store, a 19th-century barn with a full bar and kitchen (500 standing, 300 seated, 180 dining); Killruddery Yard for...
Muckross House
House & apartment
A Victorian mansion within Killarney National Park, with furnished period rooms, walled gardens and a working farm, run as a visitor attraction with corporate hire.
Powerscourt Estate
House & apartment
A Palladian mansion and formal gardens in the Wicklow hills, with terraces, a walled garden, a waterfall and outbuildings converted into shops and a restaurant.
Strokestown Park House
House & apartment
Palladian-style Georgian house in County Roscommon set on about 300 acres, with a walled garden, the National Famine Museum and its own listed film location page.
Bantry House and Garden
House & apartment
A stately home overlooking Bantry Bay in West Cork, owned by the White family since 1739, with Italianate formal gardens and a fine art and furniture collection, hired for weddings and events.
Farmleigh House and Gardens
House & apartment
The Irish state's 78-acre guesthouse estate near Phoenix Park, an Edwardian mansion built for the Guinness family with walled gardens, lakeside walks and a working farm, its grounds open to the public and available for filming.
Pearse Museum & St Enda's Park
House & apartment
Former school run by Patrick Pearse in a Georgian house in Rathfarnham, south Dublin, set in a public park with woodland, a walled garden and a stream.
Lift access on site.
Offices, schools and public buildings in Ireland 9
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. All 9 on their own page.
Cork City Hall
Office, school & public building
1936 limestone civic building on the River Lee in Cork, with a domed concert hall, council chamber and function rooms available through the council's facilities-hire process.
King's Inns, Dublin
Office, school & public building
Ireland's oldest law school and sole Inn of Court, in a James Gandon building of 1806 on Constitution Hill in Dublin, with a 110,000-volume library, offering its halls for venue hire.
The Main Guard, Clonmel
Office, school & public building
A restored 17th-century courthouse and former barracks on Sarsfield Street in Clonmel, with a sandstone arcade and exhibition and event spaces, available for venue hire including filming.
Trinity College Dublin
Office, school & public building
Ireland's oldest university, with cobbled squares, Georgian and Victorian quadrangles and the Long Room library, on a walled campus in the centre of Dublin.
Seen in: Educating Rita, Michael Collins, Circle of Friends
University of Galway
Office, school & public building
A university on the River Corrib with a 19th-century Tudor-Gothic quadrangle building alongside later teaching blocks, laboratories and student residences.
Céide Fields Visitor Centre
Office, school & public building
An award-winning visitor centre at Glenurla near Ballycastle in north Mayo, built beside a 110-metre sea cliff, interpreting the Neolithic field system preserved in the surrounding bog.
Government Buildings, Dublin
Office, school & public building
A working government complex on Upper Merrion Street housing the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Finance and the Attorney General's office, completed in 1922 and open for free guided tours on Saturdays.
Guided tours, wheelchair access and lift, assistance dogs only
The Blasket Centre (Ionad an Bhlascaoid)
Office, school & public building
A heritage visitor centre at Dún Chaoin on the Dingle Peninsula documenting the Irish-speaking Blasket Islands community, with a clifftop viewing platform over the islands, refurbished in 2022.
The Custom House Visitor Centre
Office, school & public building
Neoclassical 18th-century government building on the Liffey quays in Dublin, with a visitor centre in the vaulted basement telling the story of its construction and 1921 fire.
Lift access and WiFi available on site.
Film studios and backlots in Ireland 6
Sound stages, backlots, water tanks and virtual production volumes you can hire, with the crew base and power that go with them. Film studios and backlots across Europe.
Ardmore Studios
Studio & backlot
Ireland's longest-established film studios, offering sound stages, workshops and production offices on an 18-acre site in Bray.
Seen in: Braveheart, Excalibur, Penny Dreadful
Eight sound stages from 3,000 to 23,250 sq ft (Stage F 23,250 sq ft at 21 ft high, Stage H 21,000 sq ft at 43 ft), over 120,000 sq ft of creative...
Ashford Studios
Studio & backlot
A film and TV production studio at Ballyhenry near Ashford in County Wicklow, about 40 minutes from Dublin, offering sound stages and access to surrounding countryside locations; its backlot has stood in for the Vikings series.
Seen in: Vikings
Four stages: Gasworks Stage 30,000 sq ft (156 ft long plus a 55 ft annex, 160 ft wide plus an 80 ft annex, 40 ft working height), Box Stage 14,400 sq...
Fonthill Studios
Studio & backlot
A single large sound stage on Dublin's western edge, listed by Screen Ireland as the country's only dedicated motion-capture performance facility.
One stage, 65 m long by 24 m clear width (up to 40 m overall width), 10-11.5 m height, fully draped walls and ceiling; Screen Ireland lists it as...
Telegael Studios
Studio & backlot
A Gaeltacht production base on Galway Bay combining two sound stages with an established animation, dubbing and post-production house.
2 stages totalling 14,000 sq ft plus 3,000 sq ft of office space (Screen Ireland listing). On-site animation, live-action, dubbing, subtitling and...
Troy Studios
Studio & backlot
A four-stage, 100,000-square-foot film and TV studio complex at the National Technology Park in Castletroy, Limerick, with a 5-acre backlot and on-site parking for large productions.
Seen in: Nightflyers, Foundation
Five stages, all 43 ft to the grid with a further 12 ft to the gantry except T Stage: A Stage 30,814 sq ft (2,863 sq m), B Stage 17,685 sq ft (1,642...
West Cork Film Studios
Studio & backlot
A full-service studio on a 6.4-acre site near Skibbereen, with two sound stages close to West Cork's coastal and countryside locations.
Stage A: 1,040 sq m. Stage B: 650 sq m (Screen Ireland gives a combined total of about 18,000 sq ft). Reception, parking, offices, construction...
Hospitals, prisons and institutions in Ireland 6
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly. Hospitals, prisons and institutions across Europe.
Cork City Gaol
Hospital, prison & institution
Restored 19th-century prison on a hillside above Cork city, with galleried cell blocks and warders' quarters, hired out for corporate events and filming or photo shoots.
Curragh Camp
Hospital, prison & institution
The Irish Defence Forces' main training base on the Curragh plain, with parade grounds, barrack blocks and a military college, home to around 2,000 personnel.
Richmond Barracks
Hospital, prison & institution
A former British Army barracks in Inchicore built from 1810, now a heritage centre with a restored gymnasium hall, library and gardens, and a published venue hire service.
Five hireable spaces that can be taken separately or combined, including three sizeable rooms for meetings or workshops, a large garden space, and a...
Spike Island
Hospital, prison & institution
A fortified island in Cork Harbour with a star-shaped fort and a Victorian-era prison, now open to visitors with cell blocks, tunnels and gun batteries.
Royal Hospital Kilmainham (IMMA)
Hospital, prison & institution
A 17th-century former retirement home for army pensioners on Military Road, Kilmainham, now the Irish Museum of Modern Art, with formal courtyards and grounds available for filming and events.
Wicklow's Historic Gaol
Hospital, prison & institution
Former county gaol in Wicklow town, in use from 1702 to 1924, with narrow cell blocks, a condemned cell and exercise yards preserved as a visitor attraction.
Seen in: Ghost Hunters International (2009)
Churches and monasteries in Ireland 5
Cathedrals, churches, chapels, monasteries and cloisters, plus the crypts and refectories behind them. Churches and monasteries across Europe.
Ardfert Cathedral
Church & monastery
A group of three medieval churches near Tralee dedicated to St Brendan, including a 12th-century cathedral with a 13th-century window and a Romanesque chapel, open for venue hire including filming.
Galway Cathedral
Church & monastery
The Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, on Gaol Road on Galway's Nun's Island, built on the site of the former city gaol.
Glendalough
Church & monastery
Early medieval monastic site in a glaciated Wicklow valley, with a round tower, ruined stone churches and two lakes, managed by the Office of Public Works.
Sligo Abbey
Church & monastery
Ruined 13th-century Dominican friary in Sligo town, with a carved altar, cloister arcade and medieval tomb sculptures, open seasonally under the OPW.
St Audoen's Church and Visitor Centre
Church & monastery
Dublin's only remaining medieval parish church, on Corn Market near High Street, with an active Church of Ireland section and a 15th-century tomb monument, open to visitors and venue hire.
Castles and estates in Ireland 5
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. Castles and estates across Europe.
Aughnanure Castle
Castle & estate
Six-storey tower house of the O'Flaherty clan on a rocky outcrop above Lough Corrib near Oughterard in County Galway, with a banqueting hall and watchtower.
Donegal Castle
Castle & estate
Restored 15th-century tower house and Jacobean wing in the centre of Donegal town, once the stronghold of the O'Donnell clan, on the banks of the River Eske.
Fort Dunree
Castle & estate
A coastal artillery fort on the Inishowen peninsula overlooking Lough Swilly, with gun emplacements, tunnels and a military museum spread across several linked batteries.
The Saldanha Suite is available for exhibitions and conferences; the venue also hosts civil ceremonies and receptions (own site).
Charles Fort
Castle & estate
Star-shaped 17th-century coastal fortification above Kinsale harbour in west Cork, with bastions, gun batteries and barrack ruins overlooking the Atlantic approach.
Portumna Castle and Gardens
Castle & estate
Early 17th-century semi-fortified house on Lough Derg in east Galway, with restored formal gardens, a kitchen garden and a woodland park managed by the OPW.
WiFi available on site.
Industrial and derelict locations in Ireland 4
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. Industrial and derelict locations across Europe.
Ballycorus Leadmines
Industrial & derelict
A ruined 19th-century lead-smelting works on the Dublin/Wicklow border near Kilternan, with a tall chimney and the remains of a flue running up the hillside, listed by Screen Ireland as a hidden-gem filming location.
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CHQ Building
Industrial & derelict
Restored 1820 bonded warehouse on Custom House Quay in Dublin's docklands, now a glass-roofed hall with retail units, food outlets and hireable event and exhibition space.
The Wonderful Barn
Industrial & derelict
An 18th-century corkscrew-shaped grain storage tower near Leixlip, built as a famine-relief project, with a spiral external staircase, listed by Screen Ireland as a hidden-gem filming location.
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Newmills Corn and Flax Mills
Industrial & derelict
A working 19th-century flax and corn mill complex on Churchill Road near Letterkenny, with a forge, scutcher's cottage and one of the largest working waterwheels still turning in Ireland.
Transport and infrastructure in Ireland 4
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot. Transport and infrastructure across Europe.
Cobh Heritage Centre
Transport & infrastructure
Emigration and maritime history exhibition in Cobh's former Victorian railway station, on the harbour town that was the Titanic's last port of call.
Seen in: The Eclipse (2009), Angela's Ashes (1999)
Dublin Port
Transport & infrastructure
Ireland's largest port, on the north bank of the River Liffey, with container terminals, ferry berths, cranes and working quaysides close to the city centre.
Living Bridge, University of Limerick
Transport & infrastructure
A curved pedestrian suspension bridge over the River Shannon on the University of Limerick campus, listed by Screen Ireland among its science-fiction filming locations.
Mizen Head Signal Station and Bridge
Transport & infrastructure
A former fog-signal station on Ireland's most south-westerly point in West Cork, reached by a footbridge across a deep chasm, listed by Screen Ireland as a hidden-gem filming location.
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Palaces and landmarks in Ireland 3
Palaces, state rooms and recognisable landmarks, the places an establishing shot is built around. Palaces and landmarks across Europe.
Dublin Castle
Palace & landmark
Former seat of British administration in Ireland in central Dublin, with state apartments, a medieval tower, Georgian interiors and a courtyard used for state events.
Capacity: 4000 · Nine event spaces: Printworks 726 sq m (up to 600 theatre-style), Conference Centre 323 sq m (up to 330), St Patrick's Hall 335 sq m (up to 300...
Kilmainham Gaol
Palace & landmark
Preserved nineteenth-century prison with a galleried Victorian east wing, stone corridors and bare exercise yards, now a museum.
Seen in: The Italian Job (1969), In the Name of the Father, Paddington 2
Reginald's Tower, Waterford
Palace & landmark
A Norman stone tower on the Waterford quays, in continuous use for over 800 years and now a branch of the Waterford Museum of Treasures with Viking-era exhibits and a spiral staircase.
Theatres, arenas and venues in Ireland 2
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them. Theatres, arenas and venues across Europe.
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Theatre, arena & venue
A large modern theatre on Grand Canal Square in Dublin's Docklands, designed by Daniel Libeskind, listed by Screen Ireland among its science-fiction filming locations.
Cork Opera House
Theatre, arena & venue
A roughly 1,000-seat theatre on Cork's Emmet Place, rebuilt in 1965 after fire destroyed the original 1855 building, hosting drama, opera, music and comedy.
Coast and beaches in Ireland 2
Beaches, cliffs, harbours and coastline, including stretches that can be closed off in the off season. Coast and beaches across Europe.
Dún Aonghasa
Coast & beach
Prehistoric stone fort on a sheer cliff edge on Inishmore in the Aran Islands, with concentric ramparts and a defensive band of upright stones.
Skellig Michael
Coast & beach
Steep rocky island in the Atlantic off the Kerry coast, topped by a sixth-century monastic settlement of stone beehive huts.
Seen in: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Bars, restaurants and shops in Ireland 2
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. Bars, restaurants and shops across Europe.
Milk Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Limerick's covered market square dating to the Georgian era, with a glazed roof over stalls, a weekend food and craft market, and a permanent cafe and bar.
The English Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Covered Victorian food market in the centre of Cork, trading since 1788, with cast-iron arcades, fishmongers, butchers and a fountain courtyard; filming is arranged through Cork City Council.
Hotels and interiors in Ireland 1
Hotels, spas and their lobbies, ballrooms, bars and corridors, including closed or seasonal properties that can take over a whole unit. Hotels and interiors across Europe.
Adare Manor
Hotel & interiors
Neo-Gothic mansion and golf resort on the River Maigue in County Limerick, with oak-panelled interiors, cloistered gardens and a 19th-century monastic ruin on the grounds.
Seen in: The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Villages and countryside in Ireland 1
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base. Villages and countryside across Europe.
Fota Arboretum and Gardens
Village & countryside
An 11-hectare arboretum on Fota Island in Cork Harbour with rare trees and shrubs, an ornamental pond, an orangery and formal gardens laid out in the early 19th century, open for filming and photography by arrangement.
Mountains and wilderness in Ireland 1
Mountains, moors, volcanic ground, glaciers and empty terrain, where access and weather decide the schedule. Mountains and wilderness across Europe.
Killarney National Park
Mountains & wilderness
Ireland's first national park, around the Lakes of Killarney and the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountains, with oak woodland, waterfalls and a resident red deer herd.
Forests and lakes in Ireland 1
Woodland, forests, lakes and rivers, with the access tracks and permits that shooting in them needs. Forests and lakes across Europe.
Lough Gur
Forest & lake
Archaeological landscape around a horseshoe-shaped lake in County Limerick, with a Stone Age visitor centre, a stone circle and Iron Age hut sites.