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title: "Northern Ireland · Game of Thrones"
description: "Ireland, land of legend. Northern Ireland , from Tolkien to George R.R. Martin , is without a doubt the best backdrop for telling a medieval story, of dragons or even more ancient and fantastic… The s..."
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date: 2019-01-15
modified: 2023-08-07
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# Northern Ireland · Game of Thrones

# **Ireland, land of legend.**

**Northern Ireland**, from *Tolkien* to *George R.R. Martin*, is without a doubt the best backdrop for telling a medieval story, of dragons or even more ancient and fantastic…

The sequoias of its dense forests serve as an incomparable setting for a battle, a forge of knights or a pact with dragons.

This time, it’s ***Game of Thrones*** that has chosen locations in **Northern Ireland** for the filming of its final season. *Castle Ward*, the *Cushendun Caves*, the *Dark Edges* and *Tollymore Forest Park*, *Inch Abbey*, or *Antrim Plateau*: all decisive settings for completing the fantastic magic of the work of *George R.R. Martin*.

Needless to say, even if ***Game of Thrones*** has been filmed in locations in Spain, it has turned to and principally used **Northern Ireland** as the source of the scenes for filming. You could even say that the *West* is to **Northern Ireland** what *Daenerys* is to her dragons.

Already considered to be a full-fledged tourist destination, we’re going to briefly go through the settings that have served to give life to the most successful series in history.

![irlanda juego tronos 371](https://neomaniamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/irlanda-juego-tronos-371-1.jpg)

## Tollymore Forest Park

A shiver runs down our spine upon recalling the *Night Watch’s* encounter with the *White Walkers* in the series’ prologue.

A magic place where we can share with *Bran* the dream in which he pursues the three-eyed raven. It is also here where the *direwolf* pups will be found by the *Starks*.

![irlanda juego tronos 372](https://neomaniamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/irlanda-juego-tronos-372.jpg)

## Winterfell

The place where *King Robert Baratheon* and his *Lannister* entourage arrive to end the tranquil peace enjoyed by the *Starks* is, in our time and reality, *Castle Ward*. In fact, the *Castle of House Stark* is confined to this long-standing property, situated in *County Down*, on the banks of the *Strangford Lough*.

This distinguished place was the site of the location shots of the *Stark stronghold*, where *Bran* would be instructed by his father to use a bow.

As a result, a real touristic offer to fire a bow currently exists in front of *Winterfell’s clocktower*, run by *William van der Kells* himself, the same archer who instructed the actors how to use the bow with a certain skill.

![irlanda juego tronos 373](https://neomaniamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/irlanda-juego-tronos-373-1.jpg)

## The King’s Road

It could only be the *Dark Hedges* that served as the *King’s Road* by which *Arya* escapes after her father’s decapitation.

This site is a sinuous and twisted path formed by double hedges that seem to intertwine, generating this natural tree tunnel that the *Stuart* family of the 17th century created in order to impress all those who directed themselves towards the mansion of *Gracehill*.

![irlanda juego tronos 374](https://neomaniamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/irlanda-juego-tronos-374.jpg)

## Cushendun Caves

Part of the *Giant’s Causeway*, this is one of the obligatory destinations for reliving the birth to the red woman, *Melisandre*, of a demon-like shade that would assassinate *Renly Baratheon*.

## Dragonstone or Downhill Strand

The cliff that can be appreciated from *Downhill* beach in *Castlerock* would serve as the setting for *Dragonstone*.

Additionally, *Melisandre* and various acolytes would honor the *Lord of Light* here thanks to a pyre where they burned the statues of the Seven, the known deities.

![irlanda juego tronos 376](https://neomaniamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/irlanda-juego-tronos-376.jpg)

## Inch Abbey or Robb Stark’s camp

This location corresponds to *Inch Abbey*, situated on the North Bank of the *Quoile River*, where the existing ruins have appeared in important moments of the series.

From this abbey remain walls that are vestiges of the Anglo-Normand monument of the 12th century, and also the setting of the scene where *Catelyn Stark* found out about the death by decapitation of her husband *Ned*.

Here too would *Robb Stark* be proclaimed *King in the North*. Access to *Inch Abbey* is free and the views it offers are incomparable.

![irlanda juego tronos 375](https://neomaniamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/irlanda-juego-tronos-375-1.jpg)

## The Iron Islands

These islands have as protagonist the *Ballintoy Harbour*, which serves as the setting.  We would venture a guess that, depending on the season, the welcome in this harbour can be as cold as that in the story of *Theon Greyjoy*.

The beach is covered with countless islets, rocks and algae. We can find the location where *Theon* devoted himself to

the *Drowned God*.

![irlanda juego tronos 377](https://neomaniamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/irlanda-juego-tronos-377.jpg)