1. Braveheart
Following this Mel Gibson blockbuster, the Scottish tourism industry got a massive shot in the arm. The battle scenes were filmed in Ireland at the Curragh, and Bective Abbey and Trim Castle, County Meath.
2 Hellboy 2
There is a great set piece at the end of Guillermo Del Toro’s 2008 film set on the cliffs overlooking the Giants Causeway.
The gripping opening twenty-minute sequence was filmed on Ballinesker Beach, Curracloe Strand, County Wexford.
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
A dramatic scene has Harry Potter and Dumbeldore battling with evil, as the camera swoops in towards the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare.
5.The Princess Bride
This 1987 fairy tale concerns heroes who rescue a beautiful princess. They are trailed across the sea by a sinister masked man, and up the Cliffs of Moher. The cast including Mandy Patinki and Billy Crystal.
6. The Italian Job
This 1969 classic (not the inferior 2003 remake), starring mini cars and a young Michael Caine, had all its jail scenes filmed in Kilmainham Jail in Dublin.
7. King Arthur
This 2004 version was mostly filmed in County Wicklow. The movie starred Clive Owen and Keira Knightley.
8. Barry Lyndon
This beautifully shot 1975 Stanley Kubrick film based on a Thackeray novel concerns an Irish picaresque rogue. Irish locations include Huntington Castle, County Carlow, Cahir Castle in Tipperary and Kells County Meath. Some of the most ravishing photography ever taken of a lush and verdant Irish countryside.
9. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Based on a John le Carré novel, this spy movie starred Richard Burton and is set in Berlin. It was actually filmed in Dublin.
10. The Tudors
Jonathan Rhys Meyers trashy TV series is shot entirely in Ireland.
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