Film Locations in Southern Ireland
Tour Southern Ireland’s Film Locations
Film locations to see within easy reach of Lismore Castle
Andrew Davies chose ancient and cavernous Lismore Castle for the setting of Northanger Abbey because “…the physical place, has to be very important in the film because it’s called Northanger Abbey, yet we spend the first half of the film just having lots of references to it. So, it can’t be a disappointment. Lismore Castle delivers… all the things you expect with a romantic castle.”
Skellig Michael was already iconic. When the Millennium Falcon swooped in over the Atlantic on its way to Ahch-To in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, however, it became even more so. Star Wars: The Last Jedi ramped it up another level, with long scenes filmed not just on the Skelligs, but Malin Head in Co Donegal and on the Dingle Peninsula. Fans taking lightsabers and Jedi cloaks to Skellig Michael was just the start of it… a ‘May the Fourth Be With You’ festival became an annual event.
The sixth movie of the Harry Potter series features a section filmed in both Kerry and Clare. In the scene, Dumbledore and Harry stand on an isolated rock. This is Lemon Rock in Kerry. The camera then swoops out over sea cliffs which are the world-famous Cliffs of Moher.
