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Filmed in Isle of Man not Ireland!!

posted 17 years ago by cowiedj
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which is a bit of a shame in my opinion!

Actually alot of it was filmed in my village (Waterfoot) and two villages in the nearby area, (Glenarm and Carnlough) All three villages are on the North East coast of Antrim.

Besides, the film was funded by the Isle of Man Film's!

[–] prometheus1816 17 years ago

I should change my nic to johnjojojunior. I love that.

"Sometimes my ruminations are too confusing for someone not inside my head." -Anon

[–] dom_oreilly 17 years ago

yeo!! as about to post about it bein filmed in the coast! absolutely love the antrim coast! am a Down emself but consider meself to be an Antrim boy! aw jsut love it so much up there, particualrly the waterfoot/cushendall area! the beach is amazin, as is the wee bay chapel! tis just wodnerful!:D

[–] meghannward 17 years ago

The Isle of Man must be great - - - -they also filmed Waking Ned Devine there but had the audience believe it was Ireland as well. Perhaps it has more tax breaks.

[–] morj 14 years ago

because it would have been tooooo expensive to film it in the south !!!

[–] Mickey77 13 years ago

the tax breaks that allowed for cheap location filming in the south of ireland were reduced toward the end of the 1990's. The Isle of Man film board saw its opportunity and enticed alot of productions to use their locations.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=32397724

[–] oakcourt 12 years ago

Just watching this and have seen waking Ned, and believe me I was fooled! Agree with the other two posters though County Antrim is so beautiful. I went back in 09, having not visited NI before as I thought maybe a Brit might not be so welcome sorry if that sounds silly I think it was just that way for awhile. I also visited Derry a great city. The scenery in Antrim equals that of the South to which I visit whenever money permits.