The film follows the travels of the legendary sword Excalibur from the myth of King Arthur and its journey from the hands of Uther Pendragon into the stone to being redrawn by Arthur who uses it to defeat evil invaders and for the Holy Grail Quest all under the watchful eye of Merlin.

This take on the King Arthur story follows the travels of the legendary sword Excalibur through Arthurian myth.  All the forests shown in this movie are a mile away from director John Boorman’s home in Ireland. The hand that hold Excalibur belongs to John Boorman’s daughter Telsche Boorman, lying underwater in Lough Tay. Igrayne, The Lady of the Lake, and young Mordred were all played by director John Boorman’s real-life children.

Epic series reveals the scandalous life of a young king whose affairs and obsession with producing a male heir changed marriage, the church, and the world.

Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore–and raid–the distant shores across the ocean.

The Viking Series premiered on March 3, 2013 on the History Channel and ran for a total of six seasons with broadcasting throughout the world!  The series was mostly shot in County Wicklow at the Ashford Studios.  With 60km of shoreline along the Irish Sea, the many lakes and mountains and Ireland’s largest forest area, Wicklow’s landscape offered the ideal diversity of locations to fit the many outdoor scenes.   It’s on the shore of the famous lough Tay that the set of the viking settlement of Kattegat is regularly set up.  The Lake can be best viewed from the Military Road.  Over the years of shooting, spotting Vikings’ Long ships along the Wicklow Coast was not unusual especially between the Black Castle in Wicklow Town and Brittas Bay.

In the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity’s achievements.

Often referred to as the strangest film ever made in Ireland, Zardoz is a cult classic.  At Lough Tay is the beach where Sean Connery’s character ‘Zed’ first meets the immortal ‘Eternals’.

When the love of Maddie’s life gets engaged to her best friend, she puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland.

Lough Tay was the location used where Maddie wakes up to find that her wish has come true. Tutty’s Bar in Hollywood Village is used as the interior of Scruffy Murphy’s in the film.  Kilruddery House was the setting for the wedding scenes while Powerscourt Distillery was used as a New York Bar,