Film and TV locations in Dublin
17 places to shoot in Dublin, Ireland: 4 offices, schools and public buildings, 3 houses and apartments, 2 industrial and derelict locations and 8 more. 10 have a photo and 7 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Offices, schools and public buildings 4
- Houses and apartments 3
- Industrial and derelict locations 2
- Palaces and landmarks 2
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 2
- Theatres, arenas and venues 1
- Transport and infrastructure 1
- Film studios and backlots 1
- Churches and monasteries 1
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
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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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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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.
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...
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
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.
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...
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
What Ireland pays back
Ireland runs the Section 481 Film Tax Credit, worth 32%. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
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