Offices, schools and public buildings to film in Ireland
9 of them, 5 with a photo and 2 with practical details the location publishes itself. 1 have a documented shooting history. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs.
Shooting in Ireland pays back through the Section 481 Film Tax Credit (32%): work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
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.
Offices, schools and public buildings elsewhere in Europe
- Germany 42
- Spain 31
- United Kingdom 31
- France 23
- Poland 18
- Austria 15
- Greece 13
- Italy 13
- Netherlands 13
- Bulgaria 12
- Croatia 11
- Czech Republic 11
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