Whether it’s Hollywood blockbusters or smash-hit TV, the beautiful landscapes, streetscapes and architecture of the island of Ireland always shine brightly on the big, small and every other size of screen in the digital age.
Thanks to the various TV and online streaming services, you don’t have to travel further than your living room to keep connected to the Emerald Isle and enjoy the special sights that have caught the eye of directors and producers from all over the world.
For those pining for vistas of the Wild Atlantic Way for example, simply tune into a Star Wars movie, where the out-of-this-world scenery of the island of Skellig Michael off the County Kerry coast began Ireland’s part in the intergalactic story.
Skellig Michael, with its distinctive beehive stone huts, was the stunning setting for Luke Skywalker’s reappearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Alongside several other Wild Atlantic Way locations, the island then went on to play a bigger role in the follow-up, The Last Jedi.
Also portraying the beauty of the Wild Atlantic Way is The Guard, the most successful independent Irish film ever, which is set in the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) village of Barna in Connemara, County Galway.