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The Banshees of Inisherin Oscar buzz is driving tourism to remote islands off Ireland’s west coast where it was filmed – even Taylor Swift is intrigued
- The Banshees of Inisherin, directed by Martin McDonagh, has won accolades including a best actor Golden Globe for Colin Farrell, and 9 Oscar nominations
- Now Achill and Inis Mór, the Irish islands where the movie was filmed, are enjoying a surge in tourism, and even Taylor Swift wants to visit the film’s pub
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Colin Farrell had many people to thank following his best actor win at the Golden Globes for The Banshees of Inisherin. He made a point of mentioning the locals of Achill Island and Inis Mór.
“We were just one big family,” the Irish actor said at the awards ceremony, held in Beverly Hills, California, last month, before also name-checking his animal co-star in the critically acclaimed dark comedy, Jenny the miniature donkey.
Two weeks later the movie, filmed on location on the two remote islands off Ireland’s west coast, picked up nine Oscar nominations.
“Of course we have fingers crossed for a win,” says Chris McCarthy, the manager of Achill Tourism.
“And we’ll take any one of the nine nominations. We’re not choosy,” he quips.
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