A new plaque has been unveiled celebrating the numerous movies, music videos, documentaries, and television commercials shot in the Dublin suburb of Ringsend.
The plaque was unveiled outside Mellon's Shop on the South Lotts Road at 3 p.m. on Friday, celebrating the numerous productions that have been shot in the area.
Jim Sheridan's "In The Name of the Father", starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon, was partially shot in Ringsend, with South Lotts Road doubling as a Belfast street for the production.
"The General", starring Brendan Gleeson, was also filmed in the area in addition to films such as "Belfast", "Educating Rita", and "Into the West".
Music videos from the Cranberries, Boyzone, the Shoos, and many other acts were also filmed in Ringsend, while former Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona shot a commercial there shortly after retiring.
Eddie Bohan, Chairperson of the Ringsend and District Historical Society, said the newly unveiled plaque represents an effort to celebrate Ringsend's history as a filmmaking destination.
"We’re getting an influx of new people in the area, and we want to bring the story of Ringsend to them," Bohan said.
A number of films set during the Troubles were filmed in Ringsend because the brickwork of the local houses closely resembled that of Belfast.
Paul Brannock, a member of the Ringsend and District Historical Society, told the Irish Independent that he can still remember being tasked with daubing graffiti on the walls for Troubles-era productions during his childhood.
"We had great fun, we were tasked with painting graffiti on a wall, and we were given £10 each," Brannock told the Irish Independent. "It's fair to say the local sweet shop did well."
Colm Henehan, the owner of Mellon's Shop, recalled huge crowds on the day when Cantona came to film a Euromillions commercial in the area.
"The crowds here were amazing that day and everybody was looking for his autograph, and so he could barely get out of his car," Henehan told Breaking News.
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