Facilities and Infrastructure

Facilities and Infrastructure

Wicklow is home to world-cass film studios, including Ardmore Studios and Ashford Studios. Read more here.
Screen Wicklow, Permissions & Permits

Screen Wicklow, Permissions & Permits

The Screen Wicklow office is ready to help you with your film production. Read more about permissions and permits here.
Filmmaking Toolkit

Filmmaking Toolkit

Click here for your guide to filmmaking in Ireland / Wicklow.
Funding

Funding

There are a wide range of funding programmes available. Read more here.
Tax Credit

Tax Credit

See further information on eligibility and guidelines here.
Location Database

Location Database

You can search the database and view the location map for Ireland and Wicklow here.
Shot in Wicklow

Shot in Wicklow

County Wicklow has played host to a number of feature films and television series. Read more here.
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Screen Ireland is the national development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. Read more here.
Screen Ireland

Screen Ireland

Skills Schemes Screen Ireland offers a range of funding schemes to support Irish industry professionals to enhance their careers.
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Insights

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Insights

Get Industry Insights: Reports, Data and Statistics here.
Industry News

Industry News

Hub Keep up-to-date with the latest news and updates via Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland News hub here.
Getting to Wicklow

Getting to Wicklow

County Wicklow is just south of Dublin. Plan your trip here.

For international production, Ireland is a world-class location. It’s a key centre for film, television, and animation production due to its highly experienced crew base and well-established studios, as well as its breath-taking landscape and competitive tax credit.

“Ireland has become a capital of filmmaking, establishing itself as one of the world’s most attractive production environments.”

Variety Magazine

Wicklow has a long history of collaborating with production companies. The County continues to serve as the setting for a number of films and television series.

Screen Wicklow is a one-stop-shop for all your production needs. We offer full assistance to film and television projects based in the County.

Our dedicated online resource portal is a comprehensive guide to filming in the Garden County. Scroll down further to access additional resources, links and support information.

Why Wicklow

Wicklow, called "Europe's Hollywood" by Jane Seymour, is home to a slew of well-known film and television locations, from Michael Collins (1996, featuring a crucial scene in Rathdrum Square) to Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) and Camelot (2001). Killruddery House and Gardens (The Tudors, Camelot, Far and Away, and My Left Foot, among others) and Powerscourt are two of the best big house movie locations.

“We are really fortunate to be filming in Wicklow for a lot of reasons, the most notable of which being the range of landscapes available in close proximity to the studios. It is a very accommodating world.”

Michael Hurst, Creator of Vikings

Shot in Wicklow

Wicklow is the backdrop for Netflix’s number one show - Vikings: Valhalla.

Cocaine Bear, Elizabeth Banks’ dark comedy, was filmed in Wicklow. During the summer 2021, Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams visited the County while filming in Greystones and Enniskerry for the upcoming Disney sequel Disenchanted.

Netflix’s teen fantasy drama Fate: The Winx Saga, which will return for its second season to the streaming platform along with screen adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s 2016 novel The Wonder – a psychological thriller set in a small Irish village seven years after the Great Famine ended were shot in County Wicklow recently.

Find out more about recent productions filmed in County Wicklow here.

Why County Wicklow is a fantastic location for filming…

  • The untamed Wicklow Mountains and rugged coastline, secluded cottages and urban streetscapes, stately country homes and modern architecture all combine to provide a spectacular range of variety of locations to choose from.
  • Locations in County Wicklow have seamlessly doubled as many international locations such Scandinavian settlements in Vikings and Vikings: Valhalla (Michael Hirst), gothic Victorian streets in Penny Dreadful (John Logan) and The Man Who Invented Christmas (Bharat Nalluri).
  • Wicklow is home to world-class film studios, including Ardmore Studios and Ashford Studios.
  • Local crew with worldwide recognition and experience.
  • Film, television, and animation are eligible for a tax credit.
  • You have access to a wide range of pre- and post-production services.
  • Dublin City, Dublin Airport, and Dublin Port are all within easy reach (less than 20 kilometres).
  • Wicklow County Council is devoted to welcoming, assisting, and supporting you.

Screen Wicklow launches 5-year film strategy

County Wicklow Screen Sector Development Strategy 2022 – 2026 sets out the recommendations for the county’s objectives and actions supporting the growth of its local film and television production cluster over the next five years. Download the strategy report (2MB, pdf).

Latest News

 

Wicklow County Council Launch Sustainable Development Goals Week Events

Wicklow County Council are delighted to announce that Ireland’s third SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Week is taking place this year, running from tomorrow, Friday 20th September until Sunday 29th September.

The SDGs work towards ambitions such as an end to poverty, access to decent work, sustainable consumption, protection of nature, better health and wellbeing, universal access to education, gender equality, climate action, and peaceful societies.

The SDGs belong to everyone and SDG Week is open to all - individuals, groups, schools and colleges, businesses and institutions. Activities, projects and events are taking place during the wider European Sustainable Development Weeks, which started on Wednesday 18th September running until Tuesday 8th October, and can be viewed on https://www.esdn.eu/esdw.

Wicklow County Council Libraries and Climate Action Team have supported and/or planned over 48 events to highlight the Goals during Sustainable Development Week 2024. The following is an example of a number of these events:

Friday 20th September

  • Sustainable sewing and life skills in several libraries during the week.
  • Big Beach Clean with Clean Coasts taking place at The Murrough, Wicklow and later in Greystones.

Saturday 21st September             

  • Autumn Bird Migration Workshop, taking place at the North Beach Brittas Bay.
  • Irish Bees for Beginners with Brian Murray, at the Wicklow Library.

Sunday 22nd September

  • Autumn Scything Workshop taking place at Wild Acres Nature Reserve, Scratenagh near Arklow.

Tuesday 24th September

  • Reading Goals Ambassador Ceremony taking place at Greystones Municipal District offices.

Wednesday 25th September

  • Bike Repair & Workshops, St. Kevin’s Hall, Blessington
  • Tidy Towns Workshop Event held in Greystones.

Friday 27th September

  • Biodiversity Workshop for Children - build a Bug Hotel in Blessington Library.

Saturday 28th September

  • Gardening course for Biodiversity and Climate Change in Arklow Library delivered by Aoife Munn.
  • Bike Repair & Workshops taking place in Arklow Recycling Centre.
  • A Seasonal Reset - Mindfulness Workshop in Greystones Library.
  • Department for Environment Inaugural Newcastle, Kilcoole and Greystones Climate Action Forum taking place at the Greystones Village Green.
  • Guided Walking Tour: Art and the Environment around Wicklow with Greenhouse Culture, meeting at Wicklow Library.

Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Council, Cllr. Paul O’Brien, said, “Our organisation is proud to spread the Goals to all members of society. Wicklow always has a special focus on children and young people through engagement with the ‘Children and Young People’s Assembly’, ‘Comhairle na nÓg’, schools or our public libraries. Wicklow Libraries and Climate Action Team will continue to aim to promote the 17 development goals. Events have been organised for all ages, from young children to adults. The line-up includes workshops, sustainable crafts, family and community events.”

Emer O’Gorman, Chief Executive of Wicklow County Council, added, “The SDG National Implementation Plan 2022-2024 has 5 Strategic Objectives. One of those objectives focuses on the integration of the SDGs into Local Authority work to better support the localisation of the SDGs. In accordance with this objective, Wicklow County Council has aligned a range of various publications, activities and events in order to mark Ireland's third annual Sustainable Development Goals Week, as Ireland works towards the 2030 deadline.”

Wicklow County Council has the following public consultations currently taking place which are relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals:

Biodiversity Issues Paper, which launches on Monday 23rd September for public consultation until Monday 4th November

Wicklow County Council Corporate Plan 2024 – 2029 - closing date Friday 4th October at 5 pm

Draft Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Policy and Development Guidance - closing date Wednesday 16th October at 4.30 pm

Draft Wicklow Noise Action Plan 2024 - 2028 - closing date Friday 18th October at 5 pm.

Further information on these events or other events can be found on Wicklow County Council's Social Media channels and Website.

Details of all Wicklow County Council public consultations taking place can be found on our consultation hub at https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/ConsultationHub.

 

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Screen Wicklow is ready to help you with your film production as much as possible around the County. Need help? Please get in touch with us by phone or email:

Screen Wicklow
Wicklow County Campus
Clermont House
Rathnew
Co. Wicklow
A67 X566

Phone: (0404) 30800
Email: screenwicklow@wicklowcoco.ie
Main contact: John Powderly