List of films set in Ireland

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For List of Irish produced films, see List of Irish films.

'Films set in a country' differ from 'films shot in a country' and a 'film's nationality'. In films set in a country, the story depicts the characters/action situated/located in a said country. While in some films the action is set in multiple countries, in others it is set in one specific country. Some films that are set in a country may not necessarily be shot in that country and/or are not produced from that country. This is a list of films set in Ireland, meaning the films in this list depict their characters as being located in Ireland. While the majority of the films listed are Irish films, others are not, such as Hungry Hill (1947) (British), The Black Sheep (1960) (German), The Craic (1999) (Australian), and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) (United States). The same applies with, while the majority of films were shot in Ireland, others were not, such as The Naked Truth (1957) (Irish scene filmed at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom), The Long Good Friday (1980), (scene in pub at start of film shot in United Kingdom), The Brylcreem Boys (1998) and Waking Ned (1998) (both filmed entirely on the Isle of Man), and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) (filmed entirely in Canada, including Irish portion). The list is categorised into sections consisting of Feature Films, Short Films, Documentary Films and Mini-Series set in Ireland, and the films are listed alphabetically. There is also a section of a short list of films shot, but not set in Ireland listed at the bottom. These lists are not exhaustive.

Feature films[]

Numbers[]

A[]

B[]

  • (2017)
  • The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
  • Barry Lyndon (1975)
  • Battle of the Bone (2008)
  • A Belfast Story (2013)
  • Beloved Enemy (1936)
  • Between the Canals (2010)
  • Bipedality (2010)
  • Black 47 (2018)
  • The Black Sheep (1960)
  • The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance (1975)
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
  • Bloom (2003)
  • (1997)
  • The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
  • Borstal Boy (2000)
  • (2002)
  • The Boxer (1997)
  • Boy Eats Girl (2005)
  • The Boy from Mercury (1996)
  • The Boys from County Clare (2003) - also called The Boys and Girl from County Clare (US) and The Great Ceili War (UK)
  • Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
  • Broken Law (2020)
  • Brooklyn (2015)
  • Broth of a Boy (1959)
  • The Brylcreem Boys (1998) - set in Ireland, filmed on the Isle of Man
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)

C[]

D[]

E[]

F[]

  • Faeries (1981)
  • The Fantasist (1986)
  • Far and Away (1992)
  • Fatal Deviation (1998)
  • The Field (1990)
  • Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
  • The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)
  • A Fighting Man (2014)
  • The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
  • A Film with Me in It (2008)
  • Finian's Rainbow (1968)
  • Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
  • Flick (2000)
  • Flight of the Doves (1971)
  • Float Like a Butterfly (2018)
  • Fools of Fortune (1990)
  • The Foreigner (2017)
  • Four Days in July (1984)
  • The Fox of Glenarvon (1940)
  • The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
  • Frank (2014)
  • Frankie Starlight (1995)
  • Freeze Frame (2004)
  • (2014)
  • The Front Line (2006)
  • A Further Gesture (1997) - also called The Break

G[]

  • Garage (2007)
  • The General (1998)
  • General John Regan (1921)
  • General John Regan (1933)
  • The Gentle Gunman (1952)
  • Ghostwood (2006)
  • A Girl from Mogadishu (2020)
  • Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
  • Giro City (1982)
  • Glassland (2014)
  • Gold (2014)
  • Goldfish Memory (2003)
  • Good Vibrations (2013)
  • Gorgo (1961)
  • Grabbers (2012)
  • The Guarantee (2014)
  • The Guard (2011)
  • (1935)
  • Guns in the Heather (1969) - also called The Secret of Boyne Castle and Spy-Busters

H[]

I[]

J[]

  • Jacqueline (1956)
  • Jimmy's Hall (2014)
  • Johnny Was (2005)
  • Jump (2012)
  • Juno and the Paycock (1930)
  • (1982)

K[]

  • Kathleen Mavourneen (1937)
  • The Key (1934)
  • Killing Bono (2011)
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
  • Kings (2007)
  • King of the Travellers (2012)
  • Kisses (2008)
  • Kissing Candice (2017)
  • (1918)
  • Korea (1996)

L[]

  • (2018)
  • Lamb (1985)
  • Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
  • The Last Leprechaun (1998)
  • The Last of the High Kings (1996) - also called Summer Fling
  • The Last September (1999)
  • The Last Unicorn (1982)
  • Laws of Attraction (2004)
  • Leap Year (2010)
  • Leapin' Leprechauns! (1995)
  • Legend of the Bog (2009) - also called Assault of Darkness
  • Leprechaun 2 (1994)
  • Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
  • Life's a Breeze (2013)
  • Light Years Away (1981)
  • Lily of Killarney (1929)
  • Lily of Killarney (1934)
  • Linen from Ireland (1939)
  • Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
  • Little White Lie (2008)
  • The Lobster (2015)
  • The Lodgers (2017)
  • The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
  • The Long Good Friday (1980)
  • The Lost City of Z (film) (2016)
  • Love and Rage (1998)
  • (1999)
  • Love, Rosie (2014)
  • The Luck of the Irish (1936)
  • The Luck of the Irish (1948)
  • The Luck of the Irish (2001)

M[]

N[]

O[]

  • Odd Man Out (1947)
  • Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
  • Omagh (2004)
  • (1978)
  • On the Edge (2001)
  • On the Nose (2001)
  • One Hundred Mornings (2009)
  • Once (2006)
  • Ondine (2010)
  • Only Human (2010)
  • Only the Wind (1961)
  • Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
  • The Oracle (1953)
  • Ourselves Alone (1936)
  • The Outsider (1980)

P[]

Q[]

R[]

S[]

T[]

  • Taffin (1988)
  • Tara Road (2005)
  • A Terrible Beauty (1960) - also called The Night Fighters
  • This Is My Father (1998)
  • This Is The Sea (1997)
  • This Other Eden (1959)
  • Titanic Town (1999)
  • (2010)
  • (1987)
  • The Tiger's Tail (2006)
  • Treasure Island (1938)
  • The Treaty (1991)
  • Tristan & Isolde (2006)
  • Trojan Eddie (1996)
  • Trouble with Sex (2005)

U[]

  • Ulysses (1967)
  • Untamed (1955)

V[]

  • The Van (1996)
  • Veronica Guerin (2003)
  • A Very Unlucky Leprechaun (1998)
  • The Vicar of Bray (1937)
  • The Violent Enemy (1968)

W[]

Y[]

  • The Yank (2014)
  • (1949)
  • (2000)
  • You, Me & Marley (1992)
  • Young Cassidy (1965)
  • The Young Offenders (2016)

Z[]

  • Zoetrope (2011)
  • Zonad (2009)
  • Zoo (2017)

Short films[]

Documentary films set in Ireland[]

Numbers[]

A[]

  • (2015) - Documentary episode by RTÉ Investigation Unit and produced by RTÉ
  • (2011)
  • (1982) - Documentary with 4 episodes
  • (2011) - Produced by TG4
  • (2002) - Produced by TG4
  • (2013) - Documentary with 3 episodes and produced by BBC Northern Ireland
  • Atlantean (2005) - Documentary with 4 episodes
  • (2016)

B[]

  • Ballymun Lullaby (2011)
  • (2012)
  • (2018)
  • Battle of the Bogside (2004)
  • (1991)
  • Being AP (2015)
  • (1993)
  • (2006)
  • Bertie (2008) - Documentary with 4 episodes
  • (2011)
  • (2007)
  • (2014)
  • Blood of the Irish (2009) - Documentary with 2 episodes
  • Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016)
  • (2009)
  • (2012)
  • (2016)
  • (1961) - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ
  • (1982)
  • (2013)

C[]

  • Cardinal Secrets (2002) - Documentary episode by Prime Time and produced by RTÉ
  • (1986) - Produced by Pipeline for Channel 4
  • (1996)
  • Children at Work (1973)
  • (1974)
  • (2016) Produced by RTÉ
  • (2018)
  • (2014)
  • (2016)
  • (2015) - Documentary episode by Panorama and produced by the BBC
  • Cradle of Genius (1961)
  • (1962) - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ
  • (2005) - Documentary episode for The Conquerors by History Channel
  • Cromwell in Ireland (2008)
  • (2017)
  • (1974) - Banned until 1980[1][2]
  • Customs (2008) - Documentary with 6 episodes

D[]

  • (2004) - Documentary episode by Spotlight and produced by the BBC
  • (2019) - BBC Documentary
  • Death on the Rock (1988) - Documentary episode by This Week and produced by Thames Television
  • (2014)
  • Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau (2008) - Documentary with 6 episodes
  • (2013)
  • Discovery (1964)
  • (2015)
  • (2010)
  • (1993) - Documentary episode by First Tuesday and produced by Yorkshire Television
  • (1983) - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ

E[]

  • (1999) - Documentary episode by and produced by BBC
  • (2016) - Documentary episode presented by Michael Portillo and co-produced by RTÉ and BBC
  • The Emerald Diamond (2006)

F[]

  • (2007) - Documentary episode by and produced by RTÉ
  • (2004) - Documentary episode by and produced by RTÉ
  • (2003) - Produced by Discovery Channel
  • (1953)
  • (2009) - Produced by TV3 Ireland
  • The Franciscan Friars of Killarney (1911)
  • Frederick Douglass and the White Negro (2008)
  • (2010) - - Documentary with 2 episodes and produced by RTÉ
  • (2007) - Produced by TG4

G[]

  • (2008)
  • (2007)
  • (2002)
  • (1995) - BBC Documentary
  • (2012) - Produced by RTÉ
  • Growing Up Gay (2010) - Documentary with 2 episodes

H[]

  • Hands (1978-1989) - Documentary series with 37 episodes
  • Hang Up Your Brightest Colours (1973) - Banned by Independent Broadcasting Authority until 1993[1][2]
  • Harry Clarke – Darkness in Light (2003)
  • Haughey (2005) - Documentary with 4 episodes
  • (2020) - also called The Enemy Files II - Documentary with 2 episodes presented by Michael Portillo and produced by Midas Productions for RTÉ, BBC and Oireachtas TV
  • (1951)
  • His & Hers (2009)
  • (1995) - Documentary with 5 episodes and produced by BBC Northern Ireland
  • (2016)
  • (2009) - Produced by RTÉ
  • (2011) - Produced by BBC Northern Ireland

I[]

J[]

  • (1992) - Produced by Discovery Channel
  • (2005)
  • (2004) - Produced by The Biography Channel
  • Jimmy's Winnin' Matches (2013)
  • (2012)

K[]

  • (2007) - Documentary episode by and produced by RTÉ
  • Knuckle (2011)

L[]

  • (1990) - Documentary episode by Panorama and produced by the BBC
  • A Little Bit TV (2012) - Documentary with 8 episodes
  • (1978) - Produced by Ulster Television
  • (2019) - Produced by BBC Northern Ireland
  • (2012) - Produced by RTÉ

M[]

  • (1998) - Documentary produced by RTÉ and later found to contain a number of distortions on facts from the Irish Civil War[3][4]
  • (1992
  • Marooned (2004)
  • (2015)
  • (2018) - Documentary episode by Dispatches and produced by Channel 4
  • (2016)
  • (2002)
  • Men at Lunch (2012)
  • Micko (2018)
  • (1959)
  • Mission to Prey (2011) - Documentary episode by Prime Time Investigates and produced by RTÉ - later found to have made multiple false allegations
  • (1995)
  • A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot (2017)
  • (1991)
  • (2013) - Produced by RTÉ

N[]

  • (2010) - Produced by TG4
  • (2003) - Documentary episode by and produced by RTÉ
  • No Béarla (2007) - Documentary with 4 episodes
  • Obama: the Road to Moneygall (2011)
  • (2017)

O[]

P[]

  • (2001) - Documentary episode by and produced by RTÉ
  • (1962) - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ
  • (2008) - Produced by RTÉ
  • (2012) - Produced by RTÉ
  • (2007) - Produced by TG4
  • (2016)
  • The Pipe (2010)
  • Players of the Faithful (2018)
  • The Pressure Cooker (2008)

Q[]

  • The Queen of Ireland (2015)

R[]

  • Reeling in the Years (1999 - 2010) - 48 episodes of archival footage on news events from the 1962 to 2010
  • (2010) - Produced by RTÉ
  • The Miami Showband Massacre (2019) - Documentary episode by ReMastered and produced by Netflix
  • (2016)
  • (2004) - Produced by RTÉ
  • (1971) - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ
  • Rocky Road to Dublin (1967)
  • (1992)
  • Roll Up Your Sleeves (2008)
  • Rough Rider (2014)

S[]

  • (1994)
  • School Life (2016)
  • Seaview (2007)
  • (2018)
  • See You at the Pillar (1967)
  • Seven Ages (2000) - Documentary with seven episodes
  • Sex & Sensibility (2008) - Documentary with 4 episodes
  • Sex in a Cold Climate (1998)
  • (2012) - Documentary episode by This World and produced by BBC
  • (2001)
  • (2012)
  • (2019) - Documentary with seven episodes & behind the scenes episode
  • (2017) - Documentary episode by Panorama and produced by BBC
  • (1995) - Documentary with 5 episodes and produced by BBC Northern Ireland
  • States of Fear (1999)
  • The Story of Ireland (2011) Documentary with 5 episodes
  • (1990) - Documentary with 8 episodes and produced by BBC Northern Ireland
  • (1994) – Documentary episode by Counterpoint and produced by UTV
  • (2003) - Documentary episode by and produced by RTÉ

T[]

  • (2009) - Documentary with 4 episodes and Produced by TV3 Ireland
  • (2013) - Produced by RTÉ
  • (????) - Documentary by Kenneth Griffith completed but not published .[1][2]
  • (2009)
  • (1986)

U[]

  • (2012) - Produced by BBC Northern Ireland
  • (1997) - Documentary with 5 episodes and produced by UTV for Channel 4
  • (2014)
  • (2018)

W[]

  • (2016)
  • Waveriders (2008)
  • (1995) - Co-produced by ZDF & 3sat (German) in English language
  • When Ali Came to Ireland (2012)
  • (2011) - Documentary episode by and produced by RTÉ & TG4
  • (1992) - Documentary with 4 episodes by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ
  • (2017)
  • (1991)

Y[]

  • Yeats Country (1965)
  • (2005) - Documentary produced by Channel 4
  • Yes I Can (2011) - Documentary with 4 episodes
  • (1963) - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ

Television mini-series set in Ireland[]

List of films shot in Ireland[]

This list covers films shot, or partly shot, in Ireland, but which are not set there.

  • Henry V (1944)
  • Moby Dick (1956) - filmed in Youghal, County Cork
  • (1960)
  • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965) - Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie scenes were filmed at Smithfield, Dublin
  • The Blue Max (1966) - set in WWI France
  • The Italian Job (1969) - jail scenes filmed in Kilmainham Jail; funeral scene at Cruagh Cemetery, near Rockbrook in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains
  • Sinful Davey (1969)
  • Sitting target (1972) - Kilmainham Jail
  • The Mackintosh Man (1973) - includes scenes shot at Roundstone, County Galway
  • Zardoz (1974)
  • (1977)
  • The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
  • McVicar (1980) - Mountjoy Prison
  • Excalibur (1981) - entire movie shot in Ireland, including a scene at Powerscourt Waterfall
  • Educating Rita (1983;) - set in Liverpool; university scenes shot in Dublin's Trinity College
  • The Princess Bride (1987) - the Cliffs of Insanity scenes filmed at the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
  • Braveheart (1995) - set in Scotland but almost entirely filmed in Ireland; Trim Castle used as Carlisle
  • Moll Flanders (1996)
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998) - beach scenes filmed on Curracloe beach, County Wexford
  • David Copperfield (2000)
  • Reign of Fire (2002) - entire movie, includes scenes shot at Wicklow Gap and Poolbeg Generating Station
  • Ella Enchanted (2004)[5]
  • King Arthur (2004)
  • Freeze Frame (2004)
  • Sachein (2005) - Tamil film; a song was shot in Ireland
  • The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005) - almost entirely filmed in Northern Ireland
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - filmed at the Cliffs of Moher
  • Ek Tha Tiger (2012) - Bollywood movie; a song was shot in Dublin's Trinity College
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) - Skellig Michael County Kerry
  • A Dark Song (2016) - Horror Film set mostly in Wales but shot in Ireland
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - Cliffs of Moher Death star wreckage scenes

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Welsh film-maker fascinated by Irish history. (21 October 2006). The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020
  2. ^ a b c Vahimagi, Tise. (2014). Griffith, Kenneth (1921-2006). British Film Institute. Screenonline
  3. ^ Neeson, Eoin. (23 January 1998). RTE's `Civil War' Distortion of History. The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 July 2020
  4. ^ Corcoran, Farrel. (2004). RTE and the Globalisation of Irish Television. Intellect Books. ISBN 9781841500904 Retrieved 4 July 2020
  5. ^ "Ella Enchanted". Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
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