Ryan's Daughter Kirrary Town

All that remains of Kirrary Town almost 40 years after the filming of David Lean's film "Ryan's Daughter". Most of the set was removed shortly after production, only the cobbled street (which people seem to be helping themselves to) remains. It must of been a difficult shoot, the wind up there was incredible.

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Film & Animation

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• kirrary
• Ryan's
• Daughter
• Ryans
• David
• Lean
• Sarah
• Miles
• Robert
• Mitchum
• Dingle

[FionanoiF]

Dingle has enough tourism, and why would anyone want a load of tourists swarming around a beautiful place like this?

[baldeegle]

Tourists are people too no?

[sipaldi]

I am gobsmacked!! I cant believe thats all that remains. Thats where the pub was and the scene with michaels lobster right?

[baldeegle]

Yep, this is the place. It is hard to believe that it's almost all gone besides the cobblestones and a few lumps of concrete. It was weird to stand up there in this isolated windy place and imagine the film being made. Spooky!

[jewburgur]

I heard it was because the townspeople hated every minute the cast and crew were filming there and wanted it dismantled when they left so they would not be reminded of the experience.

[baldeegle]

No doubt some people felt that way, but the truth is more likely that maintaining it (it is a very exposed location) would be an expensive undertaking at a time when there wasn't a lot of money around.

The village was also constructed on private property that had been leased.

[jcriedijk]

I visited the schoolhouse opposite the Blaskets back in sept 1976,so only 6 years after Ryan's Daughter was finished. Will never forget the beautiful afternoon,bringing back the wonderful scenery of the film.Sat there for hours.Had coffee in the very old Strand Hotel Inch where the filmcrew & players stayed,so I was told.Many photos at the wall.Is this old hotel -35 years later!- still existing, Baldeegle? I intend to go back and see whats left of the school and cross to the Blaskets finally.

[rickram1961]

Ryans Daughter was a masterpiece. It is regarded as David Leans most underrated film ever!

[LBfan0685]

Thanks for posting this - Ryan's Daughter is one of my favourite films, and it's really interesting to see the remains of Kirrary. I've just in fact finished reading 'Troubled Epic, on location with Ryan's Daughter' by Michael Tanner - a brilliant book, which in turn got me reading the first volume of Sarah Miles' autobiography -she's a remarkable woman.

[fnslr308]

Oh my Lord - I've grown up believing that to be a Documentary - even though the IRA guy took an amazing shot unsuported with a .303 and had no recoil

[pinkmonkey3]

I was told it was built on the land of two local farmers who had a dispute over it

[dublinboyo]

Rumour has it that Robert Mitchum, in the months he lived in Dingle while making the film, grew his own hemp in his garden for his personal use. Also rumored that he said he could take on any Irishman in a brawl while at the pub and was promptly taken out by a local with one punch. Brillant.

[river2walk]

When filming was completed, the producers offered the village to the local council, but as you say, there was not much money around in those days and the council refused the offer, but it proved to be a very costly mistake as this film is now highly regarded all over the world, not for it's actors or storyline, but for it's incredible scenery. The village would now be a goldmine, but thats life. Many thanks for posting!