🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Kilmainham Gaol
former prison in Ireland
🇮🇪 Ireland · 53.3417, -6.3094
Kilmainham Gaol is recorded as a filming location for 4 productions. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“Damien's execution scene was shot at Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, where many leaders of Irish rebellions were imprisoned and some executed by the British and latterly in 1923 by the Irish Free State.”
Movies filmed at Kilmainham Gaol
- In the Name of the Father 1993
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006
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The Italian Job
1969
“The interior of the prison that held Bridger (Noël Coward) was Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, Ireland.” Wikipedia
- Michael Collins 1996
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Kilmainham Gaol as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
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The Mackintosh Man
1973
“The jail scenes were filmed at Liverpool Prison and Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, Ireland.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Kilmainham Gaol?
5 productions are recorded as filmed at Kilmainham Gaol, including In the Name of the Father (1993), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and The Italian Job (1969). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Kilmainham Gaol?
In the Name of the Father (1993), covered by 43 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Kilmainham Gaol?
Kilmainham Gaol is in Ireland, at 53.3417, -6.3094.
What other filming locations are near Kilmainham Gaol?
Deans Grange Cemetery, Wicklow Mountains, Powerscourt Estate, Dublin Castle and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.