TITANIC: BLOOD AND STEEL. Russborough House November 2011 Kevin Zegers, Chris Noth & Neve Campbell on the set of the new TV series “Titanic: Blood and Steel” at Russborough House, Ballymore Eustace. The series will chronicle the building of the Titanic, beginning the early 1900s in Belfast and depicting how the ship was handmade in a city on the edge of revolution. Noth will portray financier J.P. Morgan while Campbell will play a journalist covering the ship’s first voyage to New York City. Zegers will be a metallurgist who discovers some serious flaws in the quality of the metal being used to build the ship.
The 12-part series will air in 2012, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s maiden voyage to NYC. It has yet to receive U.S. distribution rights. The mini-series has an estimated budget of $28,000,000
Filming in Phil Murphy’s Pub 11th October 2011
RTE Nationwide team filming in Ballymore Eustace Village 30 September and 3rd October 2011
Filmed in Parish of Ballymore Eustace and surrounding areas
Meteor Mobile Phones Ad. November 2010. Scene at Ballymore Eustace GAA Football Ground with Ballymore footballers and spectators in background as Meteor user phones friend in London while watching football match.
Vodafone Ad. 2009 Street scene at Weavers Row, Ballymore Eustace featuring postman and door colours.
BAYWATCH IRISH STYLE (2007) Scene at Mick Murphy’s Pub, Ballymore Eustace
Budweiser TV Ad.
LASSIE (2005) Scene at the River Liffey, The Bridge, Ballymore Eustace
Released 1st September 2006
Director Charles Sturridge
Writers Eric Knight (novel) & Charles Sturridge
Cast
| Samantha Morton | as | Sarah Carraclough | Jonathan Mason | as | Joe Carraclough | |
| Peter O’Toole | TheDuke | Gabrielle Lloyd | Miss Branson | |||
| Hester Odgers | Cilla | Paul Meade | Policeman | |||
| Gerry O’Brien | Watson | Susie Lambe | Martha (as Susie Lamb) | |||
| Steve Pemberton | Hynes | Jemma Redgrave | Daisy | |||
| Eamonn Hunt | Alf Patterson | Terence Orr | Butler | |||
| John Lynch | Sam Carraclough | Alec Heggie | Truck Driver | |||
| Jim Roche | Miner |
MALICE AFORETHOUGHT (2005) (TV) Scene at Factory Gate, Ballymore Eustace
Released 3rd April 2005
Director David Blair
Writers Anthony Berkeley (novel) & Andrew Payne (screenplay)
Cast
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Ronnie Masterson |
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Miss Janet Wapworthy |
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Joseph Beattie |
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Denny Bourne |
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Phyllis Ryan |
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Miss Adele Peav |
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Orla O’Rourke |
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Gwynfryd Rattery |
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Fiona O’Shaughnessy |
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Florence |
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Richard Armitage |
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William Chatford |
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Barbara Flynn |
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Julia Bickleigh |
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Niall Buggy |
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Rev. Hessary Torr |
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Ben Miller |
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Dr. Edmund Bickleigh |
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Ger Ryan |
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Constance Torr |
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Megan Dodds |
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Madeleine Cranmere |
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Gemma Reeves |
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Beryl |
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Peter Vaughan |
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Widdicombe |
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Lucy Brown |
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Ivy Ridgeway |
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Kate O’Toole |
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Mrs Ridgeway |
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KING ARTHUR (2004) Scenes at Mountcashel, Ballymore Eustace
Released 7th July 2004
Director Antoine Furua
Writer David Franzoni
Cast
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Clive Owen |
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Arthur |
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Stephen Dillane |
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Merlin |
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Ioan Gruffudd |
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Lancelot |
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Stellan Skarsgard |
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Cerdic |
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Mads Mikkelsen |
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Tristan |
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Til Schweiger |
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Cynric |
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Joel Edgerton |
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Gawain |
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Sean Gilder |
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Jols |
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Hugh Dancy |
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Galahad |
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Pat Kinevane |
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Horton |
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Ray Winstone |
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Bors |
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Ivano Marescotti |
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Bishop Germanius |
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Ray Stevenson |
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Dagonet |
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Ken Stott |
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Marius Honorius |
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Keira Knightley |
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Guinevere |
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SIX SHOOTER (2004) scenes at Mountcashel,Ballymore Eustace.
Director Martin McDonagh
Writer Martin McDonagh
Cast
| Brendan Gleeson | as | Donnelly | Tadgh Conroy | as | Young Kid | |
| Ruaidhri Conroy | Kid (as Ruaidhri Conroy) |
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David Pearse | Short Man | ||
| David Wilmot | Man | Ann McFarlane | Donnelly’s Wife | |||
| Aisling O’Sullivan | Woman | John Wallace | Junior Garda | |||
| Gary Lydon | Chief Guard | Richard Nisbet | Garda | |||
| Domhnall Gleeson | Cashier | Mick Horan | Kid’s Dad | |||
| David Murray | Doctor |
YU MING IS AINM DOM (2003) Scenes filmed in Mick Murphy’s Pub, Ballymore Eustace. Comedy 13 minutes long.
Director Daniel O’Hara
Writer Daniel O’Hara
Cast
| Daniel Wu | as | Yu Ming | Jian Hua Ma | as | Librarian | |
| Frank Kelly | Paddy | Howard Pau | Shop Manager | |||
| Paddy C. Courtney | Barman | Jenny O’Hara | Extra | |||
| Richard Morton | Lenny | Sarah Jane Wai O’Flynn | Extra | |||
| Enke Javkhlan | Enke | May Ho | Extra | |||
| Ariel Hsiung | Costomer | Sarah Shannon | Extra | |||
| William Roche | Assistant Barman | Donnie Gorman | Extra |
THIS IS IRELAND (2003) Scenes filmed on the Streets of Ballymore Eustace
Director Pat Shortt
Cast included many local people
ON HOME GROUND (2001) Scenes filmed in GAA Grounds, Ballymore Eustace.
TV Series. Released 4th November 2001
Directors Ciaran Donnelly & Kevin Liddy
Writers Stephen Burke & Hugh Costello
Cast 3 of 23
| Amy Huberman | as | Diane Collins |
| Rory Keenan | Kevin King | |
| Dominique McElligott | Cora Collins |
THIS IS MY FATHER (1998) Scenes filmed in Hollywood, Ballynockan & Valleymount
Released 7th May 1999
Director Paul Quinn
Writer Paul Quinn
Cast
| James Caan | as | Kieran Johnson | Joel Gordon | as | Brian Winters | |
| Jacob Tierney | Jack, Kieran Johnson’s Nephew | Alexandra Spunt | Female Student | |||
| Colm Meaney | Seamus, Owner of B&B | Victoria Sanchez | Female Student | |||
| Moira Deady | Mrs. Kearney | Terrence Scammell | Chicago Radio DJ | |||
| Susan Almgren | Betty | Pat Leavy | Farmer Woman | |||
| Pauline Hutton | Maria | Aiden Condron | Bartender | |||
| Fiona Glascott | Nuala | Paedar Lamb | Man in Pub | |||
| Francoise Graton | Old Fiona |
DANCING AT LUGHNASA (1998) Scenes filmed in Hollywood
Release Date 25th September 1998
Director Pat O’Connor
Writers Brian Friel (Play) & Frank McGuinness (Screenplay)
| Gerard McSorley | as | Narrator (Voice) | Darrell Johnston | as | Michael ‘Mike’ Mundy | |
| Meryl Streep | Kate ‘Kit’ Mundy | Lorcan Cranitch | Danny Bradley | |||
| Michael Gambon | Fr. Jack Mundy | John Kavanagh | Father Carlin | |||
| Catherine McCormack | Christina ‘Chrissy’ Mundy | Marie Mullen | Vera McLoughlin | |||
| Kathy Burke | Mgt. ‘Maggie’ Mundy | Dawn Bradfield | Sophie McLoughlin | |||
| Sophie Thompson | Rose ‘Rosie’ Mundy | Peter Gowen | Austin Morgan | |||
| Brid Brennan | Agnes ‘Aggie’ Mundy | Kate O’Toole | Chemist | |||
| Rhys Ifans | Gerry Evans |
EASTENDERS (1997) Scenes filmed at Pat Murphy’s Pub, Ballymore Eustace in two weeks in July and August 1997.
BBC TV Soap. Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) and various members of the Fowler and Beale family travelled to Ireland to reunite with their long-lost relatives in a special week of episodes. In the three episodes, Pauline was accompanied by her sons Mark and Martin (Todd Carty & James Alexandrou), Mark’s wife Ruth (Caroline Paterson), nephew Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and his daughter Lucy (Casy Anne Rothery). A number of Irish actors were sact as Paulines long-lost relatives, including Maggie Flaherty (Olivia Shanley) and her son Conor (Sean Gleeson) and his headstrong daughter Mary (Melanie Clark Pullen). Viewers were angered by scenes that they felt portrayed the Irish as resentful towards the English, drunk, dirty, poor and rude.
MICHAEL COLLINS (1996) Scenes filmed in Hollywood
Released 11th October 1996
Director Neil Jordan
Writer Neil Jordan
Cast
| Liam Neeson | as | Michael Collins | Julia Roberts | as | Kitty Kiernan | |
| Aidan Quinn | Harry Boland | Charles Dance | Soames | |||
| Stephen Rea | Ned Brody | Ian Hart | Joe O’Reilly | |||
| Alan Rickman | Eamonn DeValera |
BRAVEHEART (1995) Scenes filmed at Mountcashel, Ballymore Eustace.
Released 24th May 1995
Director Mel Gibson
Writer Randall Wallace
Cast
| Mel Gibson | as | William Wallace | Gerda Stevenson | as | Mother MacClannough | |
| James Robinson | Young William Wallace | Ralph Riach | Priest #1 | |||
| Sean Lawlor | Malcolm Wallace | Mhairi Calvey | Young Murron MacClannough | |||
| Sandy Nelson | John Wallace | Brian Cox | Argyle Wallace | |||
| James Cosmo | Campbell | Patrick McGoohan | Longshanks, King Edward 1 | |||
| Sean McGinley | MacClannough | Peter Hanly | Edward, Prince of Wales | |||
| Alan Tall | Elder Stewart | Sophie Marceau | Princess Isabelle | |||
| Andrew Weir | Young Mamish Campbell |
WIDOWS PEAK (1994) Scenes filmed at Poulaphouca Reservoir and Lacken
Released 13th May 1994
Director John Irvin
Writer Hugh Leonard (story and screenplay)
| Mia Farrow | Miss Katherine O’Hare/Clancy | Gerard McSorley | Gaffney, Lawyer | |||
| John Plowright | Mrs Doyle-Counihan | Michael James Ford | Lieutenant Rokesby | |||
| Natasha Richardson | Mrs Edwina Broome | Garrett Keogh | Grogan, Realtor | |||
| Adrian Dunbar | Godfrey Doyle-Counihan | Britta Smith | Mrs Colgan | |||
| Jim Broadbent | Con Clancy, Kilshannon Dentist | Sheila Flitton | Mrs Mulrooney | |||
| Anne Kent | Miss Grubb | Marie Conmee | Mrs Lawless | |||
| John Kavanagh | Canon Murtagh | Ingrid Craigie | Mrs Purdieu | |||
| Rynagh O’Grady | Maddie O’Hare,Broome’s Maid |
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL (1959) Scenes filmed at Chapel Street, Ballymore Eustace.
Release Date June 1959
Director Michael Anderson
Cast
| James Cagney | as | Sean Lenihan | Sybil Thorndike | as | Lady Fitzhugh | |
| don Murray | Kerry O’Shea | Cyril Cusack | Chris Noonan | |||
| Dana Wynter | Jennifer Curtis | Marianne Benet | Mary Madigan | |||
| Glynis Johns | Kitty Brady | John Breslin | McGrath | |||
| Michael Redgrave | The General | Harry Brogan |