List of films set in Ireland


'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, The Black Sheep, The Craic, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army . The same applies with, while the majority of films were shot in Ireland, others were not, such as The Naked Truth, The Long Good Friday,, The Brylcreem Boys and Waking Ned, and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day . 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

32A

A

The Abduction Club About Adam Accelerator The Actors Adam & Paul Agnes Browne Ailsa Alarm Albert Nobbs Alive and Kicking Among the Irish Fisher Folk An Bronntanas (The Gift) And No One Could Save Her Angel - also called Danny BoyAngela's Ashes Anne Devlin Another Shore Anton Arracht Arrah-na-Pogue Ascendancy

B

Bad Day for the Cut The Ballroom of Romance Banshee Blacktop, An Irish Ghost Story The Banshees of Inisherin Barry Lyndon Battle of the Bone A Belfast Story Beloved Enemy Between the Canals Bipedality Black 47 The Black Sheep The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance Bloody Sunday Bloom Bogwoman The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Borstal Boy Boxed The Boxer Boy Eats Girl The Boy from Mercury The Boys from County Clare - also called The Boys and Girl from County Clare and The Great Ceili War Breakfast on Pluto Broken Law Brooklyn Broth of a Boy The Brylcreem Boys - set in Ireland, filmed on the Isle of Man

C

Cal Calvary The Canal Captain Boycott Captain Lightfoot Cardboard Gangsters Casey's Millions Catholics - also Called Conflict, A Fable of the Future and The VisitorChasing Leprechauns Cherrybomb Circle of Friends The Clash of the Ash Closing the Ring The Colleen Bawn The Commitments The Country Girls The Courier Cowboys & Angels The Craic Cré na Cille A Christmas Star Cruiskeen Lawn Cry of the Innocent The Crying Game

D

Da Dancing at Lughnasa Darby O'Gill and the Little People A Date for Mad Mary Daughter of Darkness The Dawn - also called Dawn Over IrelandThe Dawning The Dead Dead Along the Way Dead Bodies Dead Man's Evidence Dead Meat Dear Sarah December Bride The Delinquent Season Dementia 13 The Devil's Doorway The Dig The Disappearance of Finbar Disco Pigs Divorcing Jack Dorothy Mills Doughboys in Ireland Draíocht Dublin Oldschool

E

Eamon Eat the Peach The Early Bird The Eclipse Elephant The Eliminator Eliot & Me Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay Ellie Ek Tha Tiger Enchantment Er kann's nicht lassen (He can't stop doing it) The Eternal Evelyn Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain

F

Faeries The Fantasist Far and Away Fatal Deviation The Field Fifty Dead Men Walking The Fighting O'Flynn A Fighting Man The Fighting Prince of Donegal A Film with Me in It Finian's Rainbow Five Minutes of Heaven Flick Flight of the Doves Float Like a Butterfly Fools of Fortune The Foreigner Four Days in July The Fox of Glenarvon The Foxes of Harrow Frank Frankie Starlight Freeze Frame From the Dark The Front Line A Further Gesture - also called ''The Break''

G

Garage The General General John Regan General John Regan The Gentle Gunman Ghostwood A Girl from Mogadishu Girl with Green Eyes Giro City Glassland Gold Goldfish Memory Good Vibrations Gorgo Grabbers The Guarantee The Guard Guests of the Nation Guns in the Heather - also called The Secret of Boyne Castle and ''Spy-Busters''

H

H3 The Hallow - originally titled The WoodsHandsome Devil Hangman's House Halo Effect Happy Ever After Happy Ever Afters The Hardy Bucks Movie Haywire He Headrush Hear My Song Helen Hellboy II: The Golden Army Hennessy Hidden Agenda Hideaways High Boot Benny The High Command High Spirits The Hole in the Ground Holy Cross Holy Water also called Hard TimesHome Is the Hero Honeymoon for One How About You How Harry Became a Tree How to Be Happy How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate Hunger

I

I See a Dark Stranger I Was Happy Here I Went Down The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire Images In Fear In the Days of St Patrick In the Name of the Father The Informer The Informer The Informant The Innocent Lie The Inside Inside I'm Dancing Intermission Into the West Ireland a Nation Irish and Proud of It Irish Destiny Irish for Luck Irish Hearts The Irish Honeymoon The Irish in America Irish Jam Island of Terror

J

Jacqueline Jimmy's Hall Johnny Was Jump Juno and the Paycock
  • ''Joyce in June''

K

Kathleen Mavourneen The Key Killing Bono The Killing of a Sacred Deer Kings King of the Travellers Kisses Kissing Candice Knocknagow

L

The Lads Lamb Langrishe, Go Down The Last Leprechaun The Last of the High Kings - also called Summer FlingThe Last September The Last Unicorn Laws of Attraction Leap Year Leapin' Leprechauns! Legend of the Bog - also called Assault of DarknessLeprechaun 2 Leprechaun: Origins Life's a Breeze Light Years Away Lily of Killarney Lily of Killarney Linen from Ireland Little Nellie Kelly Little White Lie The Lobster The Lodgers The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne The Long Good Friday The Lost City of Z (film) Love and Rage A Love Divided Love, Rosie The Luck of the Irish The Luck of the Irish

M

The Mackintosh Man Mad About Mambo The Magdalene Sisters Man About Dog Man of Aran Man Dancin' A Man of No Importance Mammal The Matchmaker Maeve Mapmaker The March Hare (1956 film) Maze The Medallion Men of Ireland Metal Heart The Mighty Celt Mission: Impossible – Fallout Moondance The Most Fertile Man in Ireland Mountains O'Mourne Michael Collins Michael Inside Mickybo and Me The Miracle Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie My Brother's War My Friend Joe My Hands Are Clay My Irish Molly My Left Foot My Life for Ireland

N

Nails Naked Massacre The Naked Truth The Nephew Night Boat to Dublin Night People Night Train A Nightingale Falling No Resting Place Noble Nora Nothing Personal Nothing Personal
  • ''November Afternoon''

O

Odd Man Out Oh, Mr. Porter! Omagh On a Paving Stone Mounted On the Edge On the Nose One Hundred Mornings Once Ondine Only Human Only the Wind Ordinary Decent Criminal The Oracle Ourselves Alone

P

Paddy the Next Best Thing Paddy the Next Best Thing Parked Parnell Patrick's Day Patriots Patriot Games Pavee Lackeen Pay the Ghost Peacefire Peg o' My Heart

Q

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx The Quare Fellow A Quiet Day in Belfast

R

Rat Rawhead Rex Red Roses and Petrol Reefer and the Model Reflections Resurrection Man Rialto The Rising of the Moon Rooney Rose of Tralee Rosie Round Ireland with a Fridge Run & Jump

S

Saints and Sinners Saltwater Sanctuary Scream of the Banshee The Sea Sea Fever Secret of the Cave The Secret of Kells The Secret of Roan Inish Secret People The Secret Scripture Sensation The Seventh Stream Shadow Dancer The Shadow of a Gunman The Shadow of a Gunman Shake Hands with the Devil Shamus She Creature Shergar A Shine of Rainbows Shrooms The Siege of Sidney Street Silence Silent Grace Sing Street Sinners The Snapper Some Mother's Son Song for a Raggy Boy Song of the Sea Soulsmith Spectre Speed Dating Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns Spin The Bottle The Spirit of St. Louis Spring Meeting St. Patrick: The Irish Legend The Stag Standby Stan and Ollie Steamin' + Dreamin': The Grandmaster Cash Story Steamin' + Dreamin' 2: Cash Back Stella Days The Strangers Came Strength and Honour Studs Summer of the Flying Saucer Sunday
  • ''Sweety Barrett''

T

Taffin Tara Road A Terrible Beauty - also called The Night FightersThis Is My Father This Is The Sea This Other Eden Titanic Town Three Wise Women Three Wishes for Jamie The Tiger's Tail Treasure Island The Treaty Tristan & Isolde Trojan Eddie

U

Ulysses

V

The Van Veronica Guerin A Very Unlucky Leprechaun The Vicar of Bray

W

Waiting for Dublin Wake Wood Waking Ned - also called Waking Ned Devine; filmed on the Isle of ManWar of the Buttons A War of Children The Watchers Watermelon W.C. Wee Lady Betty What If - also called The F WordWhat Richard Did When Brendan Met Trudy When the Sky Falls White Pony Whole Lotta Sole Widows' Peak The Wind That Shakes the Barley Wild About Harry Wild Mountain Thyme Willy Reilly and His Colleen Bawn Winter's End

Y

The Yank You Are Not My Mother You Can't Fool an Irishman Yesterday's Children You, Me & Marley Young Cassidy

Z

Zoetrope Zonad

Short films

All for Old Ireland An Ranger (The Ranger) Bold Emmett Ireland's Martyr The Boogeyman The Colleen Bawn Come Back to Erin Conway, the Kerry Dancer The Crush Dance Lexie Dance The Eye of the Government Far From Erin's Isle The Fishermaid of Ballydavid For Ireland's Sake His Mother History of Cinema Hostage The Hungry Grass I Dreamt I Woke Up Ireland, the Oppressed The Kerry Gow The Lad from Old Ireland The Lady Peggy's Escape The Long Way Home The Mayor From Ireland O'Neil of the Glen The O'Neill Oidhche Sheanchais (A Night of Storytelling) Paying the Rent Pretty Polly Return to Glennascaul Riders to the Sea Rory O'More Setanta - The Boy cú chulainn The Shaughraun The Vagabonds When Love Came to Gavin Burke The Wives of Jamestown You Remember Ellen

Documentary films set in Ireland

Numbers

1798 and After - Documentary with 5 episodes and produced by Channel 41916: The Irish Rebellion The 34th

A

Above the Law - Documentary episode by RTÉ Investigation Unit and produced by RTÉAchieving Freedom The Age of De Valera - Documentary with 4 episodesAn Conradh 1921 (The Treaty 1921) - Produced by TG4An Deichniúr Dearmadta (The Forgotten Ten) - Produced by TG4An Independent People - Documentary with 3 episodes and produced by BBC Northern IrelandAtlantean - Documentary with 4 episodes
  • ''Atlantic''

B

Ballymun Lullaby The Ballymurphy Massacre The Ballymurphy Precedent Battle of the Bogside Behind the Mask Being AP Belfast: No Peace on the Streets Beneath a Dublin Sky Bertie - Documentary with 4 episodesBlazing the Trail: The O'Kalems in Ireland Blind Vision Blood Fruit Blood of the Irish - Documentary with 2 episodes Bobby Sands: 66 Days The Boys of St Columb's Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk Born and Reared Brigid's Night: La 'Le Bride - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉA Bright Brand New Day
  • ''Broken Song''

C

Cardinal Secrets - Documentary episode by Prime Time and produced by RTÉCharles Haughey's Ireland - Produced by Pipeline for Channel 4The Charlton Years Children at Work Children in Crossfire Children of the Revolution Produced by RTÉCitizen Lane A City Dreaming Collins & De Valera: Heroes & Villains Collusion - Documentary episode by Panorama and produced by the BBCCradle of Genius Croagh Patrick: Mass Rock & Men's Sodality - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉCromwell: Conquering the Emerald Isle 1641-1650 - Documentary episode for The Conquerors by History ChannelCromwell in Ireland The Crest Curious Journey - Banned until 1980Customs - Documentary with 6 episodes

D

Dangerous Liaisons - Documentary episode by Spotlight and produced by the BBC The Day mountbatten Died - BBC DocumentaryDeath on the Rock - Documentary episode by This Week and produced by Thames TelevisionDolores Keane: A Storm in the Heart Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau - Documentary with 6 episodesThe Disappeared Discovery A Doctor's Sword Dreaming the Quiet Man The Dublin-Monaghan Bombings 1974 - Documentary episode by First Tuesday and produced by Yorkshire TelevisionDying for a Drink - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ

E

Éamon de Valera: Ireland's Hated Hero - Documentary episode by Reputations and produced by BBCEaster 1916: The Enemy Files - Documentary episode presented by Michael Portillo and co-produced by RTÉ and BBC

F

Face-Off: De Valera v Churchill - Documentary episode by Hidden History and produced by RTÉFamily Fortune: De Valera and the Irish Press - Documentary episode by Hidden History and produced by RTÉFamine to Freedom - Produced by Discovery ChannelFintona, A Study of Housing Discrimination The Forgotten Irish - Produced by TV3 IrelandThe Franciscan Friars of Killarney Frederick Douglass and the White Negro Freefall - - Documentary with 2 episodes and produced by RTÉFrongoch: Coláiste na Réabhlóide (Frongoch: University of Revolution) - Produced by TG4

G

Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home Get Collins: The Intelligence War in Dublin The Ghost of Roger Casement The Great Famine - BBC DocumentaryGreen Is the Colour - Produced by RTÉGrowing Up Gay - Documentary with 2 episodes

H

Hands - Documentary series with 37 episodesHang Up Your Brightest Colours - Banned by Independent Broadcasting Authority until 1993Harry Clarke – Darkness in Light Haughey - Documentary with 4 episodesHawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence - 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 The Hills of Ireland His & Hers Home Rule - Documentary with 5 episodes and produced by BBC Northern IrelandHow to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story How We Blew the Boom - Produced by RTÉHume - Produced by BBC Northern Ireland
  • ''The Hunger''

I

I Am Belfast I Dreamt I Woke Up If Lynch Had Invaded - RTÉ produced documentaryIllegal Moneylending - Documentary episode by 7 Days and produced by RTÉ, documentary lead to a tribunal of inquiryIn Search of the Pope's Children - Documentary with 3 episodesIn Sunshine or in Shadow Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle' Ireland: A Television History - Multi-award-winning documentary by Robert KeeIreland's Great Hunger and the Irish Diaspora Ireland's Greatest Ireland's Nazis - Documentary episode by Hidden History and produced by RTÉIreland's Pickpockets The Irish in America - Produced by History Channel
  • ''The Irish Pub''

J

J.P. Dunleavy's Ireland: In All Her Sins and Graces - Produced by Discovery ChannelJack Charlton: The Irish Years James Joyce: 1882-1941 - Produced by The Biography ChannelJimmy's Winnin' Matches
  • ''Joshua Greer’s Amazing Irish Adventure''

K

The Killings at Coolacrease - Documentary episode by Hidden History and produced by RTÉ

L

Lethal Force - Documentary episode by Panorama and produced by the BBCA Little Bit TV - Documentary with 8 episodesThe Longest Decade - Produced by Ulster TelevisionLost Lives - Produced by BBC Northern IrelandA Lost Son - Produced by RTÉ

M

The Madness From Within - Documentary produced by RTÉ and later found to contain a number of distortions on facts from the Irish Civil War The Making of 'The Quiet Man' Mary McAleese and the Man Who Saved Europe Massacre at Ballymurphy - Documentary episode by Dispatches and produced by Channel 4Mattress Men The Maze Men at Lunch Micko Mise Éire Mission to Prey - Documentary episode by Prime Time Investigates and produced by RTÉ - later found to have made multiple false allegations More Than a Sacrifice A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot Mother Ireland Mountbatten: Death of a Royal - Produced by RTÉ

N

Na Chéad Fight Clubs (The First Fight Clubs) - Produced by TG4Ná Lig Sinn i nDearmad (Lest We Be Forgotten) - Documentary episode by Léargas (Insight) and produced by RTÉNo Béarla - Documentary with 4 episodesObama: the Road to Moneygall

O

Ó Pheann an Phiarsaigh: The Writings of Patrick Pearse - Produced by TG4The O'Kalems Visit Killarney Oisín Old Scores Older Than Ireland One Million Dubliners Open Port - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ

P

P.H. Pearse: Fanatic Heart - Documentary episode by True Lives and produced by RTÉPaddy The Cope: Templecrone Co-op - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉPaisley: From Troublemaker to Peacemaker - Produced by RTÉPatrick: The Renegade Saint - Produced by RTÉThe Patriot Game - Produced by TG4The Peacemaker The Pipe Players of the Faithful

Q

R

Reeling in the Years - 48 episodes of archival footage on news events from the 1962 to 2010The Reluctant Taoiseach - Produced by RTÉThe Miami Showband Massacre - Documentary episode by ReMastered and produced by NetflixRevolutions R I C: The Forgotten Force - Produced by RTÉThe Road to Nowhere - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉRocky Road to Dublin Roger Casement - Heart of Darkness Roll Up Your Sleeves

S

T

Taoiseach - Documentary with 4 episodes and Produced by TV3 IrelandA Terrible Beauty... - Produced by RTÉTheobald Wolfe Tone - Documentary by Kenneth Griffith completed but not published.Til the Tenth Generation
  • ''To Kill the Cabinet''

U

The Ulster Covenant - Produced by BBC Northern IrelandUlster Unearthed - Documentary with 5 episodes and produced by UTV for Channel 4Unbreakable
  • ''Unquiet Graves''

W

The Wall Waveriders Whatever You Say, Say Nothing - Co-produced by ZDF & 3sat in English language When Ali Came to Ireland When Charlie Met Kitty - Documentary episode by Scannal (Scandal) and produced by RTÉ & TG4When Ireland Starved - Documentary with 4 episodes by Radharc and produced by the RTÉWild Ireland: The Edge of the World

Y

Yeats Country The Year London Blew Up: 1974 - Documentary produced by Channel 4Yes I Can - Documentary with 4 episodesYoung Offender - Documentary episode by Radharc and produced by the RTÉ

Television mini-series set in Ireland

Acceptable Risk Act of Betrayal Against the Wind - Irish and Australian settingsAn Crisis (The Crisis) Amber Amongst Women The Bombmaker Captains & Kings Caught in a Free State Charlie Civvies Confessional Dan & Becs Deception Dublin Murders Eureka Street Falling for a Dancer Fallout Family Father & Son Finding Joy Foreign Exchange The Hanging Gale Harry's Game Insurrection Kat & Alfie: Redwater Kings in Grass Castles Legend Love is the Drug The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns Mia, Liebe meines Lebens (Mia, Love of My Life) Murder in Eden Painted Lady Parnell and the Englishwoman Paths to Freedom Paula Proof Prosperity Pure Mule Quirke Random Passage Rebel Heart Rebellion Resistance Scarlett - sequel to Gone with the WindShoot to Kill Stardust The Secret Strumpet City Taken Down The Virtues Whistleblower Wild Decembers

List of films shot in Ireland

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