From top: Michael Caine (carrying parcel) in a scene from The Italian Job shot in Kilmainham Gaol; Kilmainham today.
The Irish Film Institute writes:
All the prison scenes in the 1969 classic The Italian Job were actually filmed in Kilmainham Jail, in Dublin! The East Wing was painted yellow.
After the filming of In The Name Of The Father in 1992, it was repainted in cream & brown, which remains to this day.
Meanwhile…
U2 perform inside Kilmainham for single ‘A Celebration’ in 1982.
The band were at the time serving six months for a number of fashion crimes.
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It’s an eerie place to visit – I was 10 when I visited. I could see James Connolly on the chair. (Metaphorically)
Radie Peat performing Dark Horse on the Wind by Liam Weldon at Saoirse | Freedom live at Kilmainham Gaol on Easter Monday 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LiUR1wDPDU
I did not know it was a film set for one of my favourite films.
Mine too. (except the film in question is Paddington 2).
The following films have been filmed at Kilmainham Gaol (says Wikipedia):
– The Quare Fellow, 1962
– The Face of Fu Manchu, 1965 (starring Christopher Lee)
– The Italian Job, 1969
– The Mackintosh Man, 1973
– The Last Remake of Beau Geste, 1977
– The Whistle Blower, 1987
– The Babe, 1992
– In the Name of the Father, 1993
– Michael Collins, 1996
– The Adventures of the Young Indiana Jones (2000) – Love’s Sweet Song
– The Escapist, 2008 (starring Brian Cox)
– The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 2006
– Paddington 2, 2017 (interior)
Paddington 2 is a modern gem
Hugh Grant is a joy.
i see a threesome coming
She’s going to give birth to another man’s child.
….eastenders drums….
Wow, you’re as bored as I.
“The Wind That Shakes The Barley – I’ll watch it again I watched, “Black 47” for the third time – different time – same enemy. The British are fine, as long as they don’t come over here again – with their soldiers.
What did you make of Black 47 Shayna
Coincidentally, I just got this mail from them today, was due to bring my da and my youngest.
Good afternoon,
Please ignore the following email, if you have already contacted us to cancel your booking.
Following Government advice, Kilmainham Gaol Museum will be closed until further notice.
This is a precautionary measure to minimise the spread of Covid-19.
Remarkable to see the uncropped bushy mop on the Edge – or the Hedge, as he was known back then
he used to play at the top of our church at Sunday school
the auld fella (a bit of a musician himself) described it as ” a goat dunging in a tin can “
Someone should have put Bono in a cell
And leave him there
Crimes against Music
Do us all a favour
Nice Haiku dude.
Guys did you know lots of Museums have put up virtual on line tours, The Chester Beatty one is mighty impressive should you feel like a stroll this morning for example
https://chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/chester-beatty-online/
That’s excellent, thanks