Top ten most surprising movies filmed in Ireland - PHOTOS

Hollywood blockbusters that were, surprisingly, filmed on the Emerald Isle

7. Barry Lyndon

This 1975 Stanley Kubrick classic tells the story of an Irish rogue who goes off and joins the British Army. All is not exactly what you might think in this film though.

When you think you’re seeing a German military encampment what you’re actually seeing is Cahir Castle, County Tipperary. Again when you are watching the British Redcoats what you’re actually seeing is Kells, County Meath.

8. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Based on a John le Carre novel this is a brilliant spy movie starring Richard Burton and filmed in Berlin, or so they would have you think.

Though you might think you’re looking at Checkpoint Charlie, in Berlin what you’re actually looking is Ardmore Studios in County Wicklow.

9. Freeze Frame

This is a terrifying psychological thriller starring amazing British comic, Lee Evans. It tells the tale of man who has served a jail sentence for three murders did not commit and has decided to live underground.

The entire movie was shot in the Crumlin Road prison just outside Belfast City.

10. The Tudors

Though it might not count as a movie it might surprise you to know that every little scrap of the family Jonathan Rhys Meyers, tv series, “The Tudors” is shot in Ireland.

Locations they’ve used include Ardmore Studios and Powerscourt Estate, County Wicklow and Dublin Castle, Kilmainham Jail and the People's Gardens in Dublin.

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