Filmography
A History of Film in Galway
Since the early 20th Century, filmmakers from all over the globe have been attracted to Galway as a filming location. In addition to the amazing variety and stunning aesthetic of Galway locations, now, more than ever, productions are drawn to the quality of crew, range of facilities and solid AV infrastructure that the region has to offer with film-making activity thriving in the region. The following is just a sample of productions either shot on location in Galway County and/or produced by Galway Production Houses or Facilities.
Filmed in Galway:
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Film / TV Production |
Director |
Year |
Starring |
| Stay | Wiebke von Carolsfeld | 2013 | Aidan Quinn, Taylor Schilling |
| The Rafters | John Carney | 2011 | Marcella Niland, Killian Scott |
The Guard |
John Michael McDonagh | 2011 | Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle |
| Silence | Pat Collins | 2011 | Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde |
Leap Year |
Anand Tucker | 2010 | Amy Adams, Matthew Goode |
| Nothing Personal | Urzula Antoniak | 2011 | Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea |
Marley and Me |
David Frankel | 2009 | Owen Wilson, Jennifer Anniston, Alan Arkin |
Ar Bharr na dTonn |
Mikey Ó Flatharta | 2009 | Documentary |
Eochair an Ghrá |
Diarmuid Goggins, Deirdre Ní Fhlatharta. | 2009 | Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile, Kevin O hEaghra (Presenters) |
Outcast |
Colm McCarthy | 2009 | James Nesbitt, Katie Dicke |
Na Cloigne |
Robert Quinn | 2009 | Darach Ó Dubháin, Barry McGovern, Siobhán Ní Cheallaigh, Mac dara Ó Fátharta. |
Single Handed |
Anthony Byrne | 2008 | Owen McDonnell, Ian McElhinney, David Herlihy |
Tall, Dark & Ó hAilpín |
Pat Comer | 2008 | Seán Óg Ó hÁilpín |
Vox Humana (Notes on a Small Opera) |
Bob Quinn | 2008 | Luke Cauldwell, Audrey Corbett, Cliodhna Hurst, Triona Lillis |
Summer of the Flying Saucer |
Martin Duffy | 2008 | Robert Sheehan, Lorcan Cranitch, Hugh O’Connor |
Skunk Fu! |
Aidan Harte, Hyun Ho Khang | 2008 | Jules de Jongh, Paul Tylak, Tony Acworth |
The Investigators - ‘Climate Change’ |
Ciarán O’Connor | 2008 | Doireann Ni Briain (VO) |
In the Name of the Fada |
Pat Comer | 2008 | Des Bishop |
Uncle Max |
Simon Hynd | 2008 | David Schneider, Johnathan Hanly |
Mobs Mheiriceá (Series 2) |
Dathaí Keane | 2008 | |
F.G.M. - No Way Home |
Julian Ulrichs | 2008 | |
Niko & The Way To The Stars |
Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen | 2008 | Andrew McMahon, Morgan Jones, Paul Tylak, Aileen Mythen |
| Garage | Lenny Abrahamson | 2007 | |
Kings |
Tom Collins | 2007 | Colm Meaney, Donal O’Kelly, Brendan Conroy |
Pádraic Ó Conaire – An Fear |
Johnny White | 2007 | |
Cré na Cille |
Robert Quinn | 2007 | Brid Ni Neachtin, Peadar lamb, Maire ni Mhaille |
| An Lorg Shorcha | Briona Nic Dhiarmada | 2007 | |
Rugby Nomad |
Ross Killeen | 2007 | Luke O’Callaghan |
Paddywhackery |
Daniel O’Hara | 2007 | Paddy Courtney, Fionnula Flanagan, Frank Kelly |
Aifric (Series 1, 2, 3) |
Paul Mercier | 2006-2008 | Clíona Ní Chiosáin Sláine Hutchinson Mairéad Conneely |
Animal Rescue Series 1, 2 |
Jonathan Levy | 2006/2007 | Robert Kenny, Tony McGovern |
Tristan and Isolde |
Kevin Reynolds | 2006 | James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell |
The Ugly Duckling & Me! |
Michael Hegner, Karsten Kiilerich | 2006 | Morgan Jones, Kim Larney, Justin Gregg, Paul Tylak |
| Ollpheist Chonamara/The Connemara Monster | Brian Reddin | 2006 | |
| Synge Project: The Mighty Talk | Ronan Fox | 2006 | |
| Little Brazil, Gort, Ireland | RTE | 2006 | |
An Báthadh Mór |
Petra Conroy | 2005 | |
Concerto Chaitlín Maude |
Aoife Nic Cormaic | 2005 | |
| Cinegael Paradiso: Once Upon a Time in Connemara | Robert Quinn | 2005 | |
Four Eyes |
Patrick Claeys | 2005 | |
| Island Man: Maistir Bhaid Mhoir | Eamon de Buitlear | 2005 | |
Léargas (The Road to Jihad) |
Gerry Greg / Sarah Ryder | 2005 | Alex Hijmans |
Pet Alien |
Andrew Young | 2005 | Charlie Schlatter, Charles Adler, Jess Harnell |
Toddworld |
Jeff Gordon | 2005 | Ryan Hirakida |
Paisean Faisean |
Billy Keady, Cathal Waters | 2004-2008 | Aoife Ní Thuairisg, Máiréad Ní Chuaig, Blathnaid Ni Dhonnchadha |
Huiceiri |
Eamon De Buitlear | 2004 | |
Idir Sugradh agus Dairire |
Mac Dara O Curraidhin | 2004 | Joe Steve Ó Neachtain |
Little Vampire (AKA Petit Vampire) |
Gilles Deyriés | 2004 | |
The Listener |
Michael Chang | 2004 | Nora-Jane Noone, Séamus Ó hAodha |
Foreign Exchange |
James Bogle | 2004 | Zachary Garred, Lynn Styles |
Tutenstein |
Bob Richardson | 2003-2007 | Donna Cherry |
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living |
Pat Collins | 2003 | Mohammad Atebbai |
Muca le Maidi/ When Pigs Carry Sticks |
Oda O’Carroll | 2003 | |
The Sawdoctors live in Galway |
Stephen Lock | 2003 | The Sawdoctors |
| Dara Beag: File Pobal | Sean O’Culain | 2003 | |
| Traveller: May the Road Rise Up | John T. Davis & Alan McSweeney | 2002 | |
Bad Karma |
John Hough | 2002 | Patsy Kensit |
Liam Ó Flatharta – Idir dhá Theanga / Liam O’Flaherty: Islandman Abroad |
MacDara O’Curraidhin | 2002 | Narrated by MacDara O’Curraidhin |
Guest of the Nation |
Ronan Gallagher | 2002 | Eugene Ebhonuaye, Brid Manifold |
Sets and Violence |
Mikey Dwyer | 2002 | Frankie Griffin, Frank Murphy |
The Depository |
Andrew Kavanagh | 2002 | |
The Last Time |
Conor Horgan | 2002 | Linda Bassett |
If I Should Fall From Grace |
Sara Share | 2001 | Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Johnny Depp |
The Hoobs (Irish Version) |
Micheál ó Domhnaill | 2001 | |
Incredible Story Studio |
Various | 2001 | |
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones |
Tom Collins | 2001 | The Undertones, John Peel |
Tales of a Townland |
Donal R. Haughey | 2000 | |
Talking To The Dead |
Pat Collins | 2000 | |
| Conamara | Eoin Moore | 2000 | |
Moving Target |
Paul Ziller | 1999 | Don “The Dragon” Wilson |
The Doorway |
Michael Druxman | 1999 | Roy Scheider |
The Club |
Rachel Samuels | 1999 | Jonathan Pryce, Paul Bettany, David Morrissey |
Books in the Blood |
Donal R Haughey | 1999 | Des and Maureen Kenny |
Famine Ship |
David Shaw-Smith | 1999 | John Behan |
Horrible Histories |
Charlie Stickney | 1999 | Billy West, Stephen Rea |
It Must Be Done Right |
Bob Quinn | 1999 | Donal McCann |
A Year ‘Til Sunday |
Pat Comer | 1998 | |
Beyond My Shore |
Paul Holmes | 1998 | Michael McDonagh |
Stray Bullet II |
Jeremiah Cullinane | 1998 | Robert Carradine, David Carradine |
Boxtie - The Journey Home |
Adrian Devane | 1998 | |
The White Pony |
Brian Kelly | 1998 | Warwick Davis, Olivier Gruener |
Warlock III |
Eric Freiser | 1998 | Bruce Payne, Ashley Laurence |
Ghostly Rental |
Mitch Marcus | 1998 | Michael York, Claudia Christian |
Oiche i nGaillimh |
Mick Ruane | 1998 | |
The Book that Wrote Itself |
Liam O’Mochain | 1998 | Liam O Mochain, Antoinette Guiney (Cameos by Kenneth Brannagh, George Clooney, Melanie Griffith, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno) |
The Matchmaker |
Mark Joffe | 1997 | Janeane Garofalo, Denis Leary |
Knocking On Death’s Door |
Mitch Marcus | 1997 | David Carradine, Brian Bloom |
My Brother’s War |
James Brolin | 1997 | James Brolin, Josh Brolin, Jennie Garth, Salvator Zuereb |
Southpaw - The Francis Barrett Story |
Liam McGrath | 1997 | Francis Barrett |
Space Jacked |
Jeremiah Cullinane | 1997 | Corbin Bernstein, Amanda Pays |
Stray Bullet |
Rob Spera | 1997 | Robert Carradine, Fred dryer |
Sonny Days |
Donal R Haughey | 1997 | Sonny Molloy |
A Very Unlucky Leprechaun |
Brian Kelly | 1997 | Tim Matheson, Warwick Davis |
Ros na Rún |
Various | 1996-2008 | Eoin Mac Diarmada, Fionnula Ní Fhlatharta, Gavin Ó Fearraigh, Joe Steve, O Neachtain… |
Angela Mooney Dies Again |
Tommy MacArdle | 1996 | Mia Farrow, Brendan Gleeson, Patrick Bergin |
The Moon on My Back |
Johnny White | 1996 | John Conway, Bernard Nally, Pat Tierney, Jenny Blogan |
Criminal Affairs |
Jeremiah Cullinane | 1996 | Louis Mandylor, James Marshall |
Palace of Dreams |
Donal R Haughey | 1996 | |
Last Dance |
Howard McCain | 1996 | David Chockachi, Timothy Busfield |
One More Shot |
Billy McCannon | 1996 | Tina Kellegher, Michael West |
Star Portal |
Jon Purdy | 1996 | Stephen Bauer, Athena Massey |
| Driftwood | Ronan O’Leary | 1996 | |
| The Very Stuff | Lisa Mulcahy | 1996 | |
| Star Portal | Jon Purdy | 1996 | |
| The Moon on My Back | Johnny White | 1996 | |
| Huston | Adare Productions | 1996 | |
| Graceville | Bob Quinn | 1996 | |
House of the Damned |
Scott Levy | 1995 | Greg Evigan, Alexander Paul |
Trained to Kill |
Rick Jacobson | 1995 | Don Wilson, Gillian McWhirter |
The Birth of Frank Pop |
Joe Wall | 1994 | Tadhg Fleming, Frank Monaghan, Lee Rooney, Pat Lavelle, Ciaran Concannon |
The Bishop’s Story |
Bob Quinn | 1994 | Donal McCann , Maggie Fegan, Ray McBride |
| An Goban Saor | Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill & Liadh Ni Riada | 1994 | |
Godsuit |
Fionn Seavers | 1993 | Sheila McDonald, Stuart Townsend, Donna Dent |
Principles of Physics |
Ellin J. Kavanagh | 1993 | Katherine O’Toole, Enda Kilroy, Orla McGovern |
Conneely’s Choice |
Barra de Bhaldraithe | 1992 | Brendan Gleeson, Tresa Ni Fhatharta, Cillín Mac Dhonnacha |
Into the West |
Mike Newell | 1992 | Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Colm Meaney, Brendan Gleeson |
The Last Word |
Lee Rooney | 1992 | Brendan Conroy, Gina Moxley, Sean Lawlor |
The Wild Geese |
Ken Lynham | 1992 | |
| Requiem for a Civilisation | Catherine Tiernan | 1992 | |
3 Joes |
Leonard Abrahamson | 1991 | Gary Cooke, Mikel Murfi, Dominic West |
Fools of Fortune |
Pat O’Connor | 1990 | Julie Christie, Iain Glen, Tom Hickey |
The Field |
Jim Sheridan | 1990 | Richard Harris, Sean Bean, John Hurt, Brenda Fricker |
The Dead |
John Huston | 1987 | Angelica Huston, Donal McCann |
| Budawanny | Bob Quinn | 1987 | |
Reefer and the Model |
Joe Comerford | 1986 | Ian McElhinney, Carol Scanlan, Ray McBride |
| Atlantean | Bob Quinn | 1984 | |
Desecration |
Neville Presho | 1981 | Tom Hickey, Johnny Murphy, Eamon Keane, Frank McDonald |
Summer of the Falcon |
Tom Donovan | 1981 | Richard Burton, Kate Mulgrew, Nicholas Clay, Cyril Cusack |
| Gaillimh de Danann | Bob Quinn | 1981 | |
| Les Annees Lumieres | Alain Tanner | 1981 | |
| North Sea Hijack | Andrew McLagen | 1979 | |
| Cruinniu na mBad | Bob Quinn | 1979 | |
| Aisling Gheal | Bob Quinn | 1979 | |
Poitín |
Bob Quinn | 1978 | Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, Niall Tobin, Mick Lally |
| How the Myth Was Made | George C. Stoney | 1978 | |
| Exposure | Kieran Hickey | 1978 | |
Self Portrait with Red Car |
Bob Quinn | 1977 | Brian Bourke |
| Purple Taxi | Yves Boisset | 1977 | |
Coilin and Platonida |
James Scott | 1976 | Frankie Allen, Coilin O’Finnedha |
Caoineadh Airt Ui Laoire |
Bob Quinn | 1975 | Seán Bán Breathnach, John Arden, Caitlín Ní Dhonnchú |
The Mackintosh Man |
John Huston | 1973 | Paul Newman, James Mason, Dominique Sanda |
| Flight of the Doves | Ralph Nelson | 1971 | |
| Sinful Davey | John Huston | 1969 | |
| Alfred the Great | Clive Donner | 1969 | |
| Guns on the Heather | Robert Butler | 1968 | |
| The Irishman: An Impression of Exile | Philip Donnellan | 1965 | |
| Return to the Island | George Fleischmann | 1963 | |
The Quare Fellow |
Arthur Dreifuss | 1962 | Patrick McGoohan, Sylvia Syms |
| Father Brown | Helmut Ashley | 1962 | |
Home is the Hero |
J Fielder Cook | 1959 | Walter Macken, Eileen Crowe, Arthur Kennedy |
The Rising of the Moon |
John Ford | 1957 | Tyrone Power, Maureen Connell, Cyril Cusack |
| Turas Tearnaimh | Gerard Healy | 1953 | |
The Quiet Man |
John Ford | 1952 | John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara |
| Riders to the Sea | Brian Desmond Hurst | 1935 | |
Man of Aran |
Robert J. Flaherty | 1934 | Colman ‘Tiger’ King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane |
| A Wilful Colleen’s Way | George Lessey | 1913 | |
| A Cattle Drive in Galway | Robert Paul | 1908 | |
| Market Women Leaving the Railway Station at Galway, Ireland | Robert Paul | 1905 |
