 Irish countryside on the drive to Tollymore Forest |
 Irish countryside on the drive to Tollymore Forest |
 Irish countryside on the drive to Tollymore Forest |
 Irish countryside on the drive to Tollymore Forest |
 Irish countryside on the drive to Tollymore Forest |
 Irish countryside on the drive to Tollymore Forest |
 Irish countryside on the drive to Tollymore Forest |
 This tour we got to wear Winterfell cloaks and staffs |
 It's pretty cool to get to wear and carry props that were used in the show! |
 You really feel like a part of GOT |
 OK, for a minute! |
 Bus booty hole of GOT props!! |
 Tollymore Forest/ GOT backlot for many key scenes |
 Tollymore Forest Park was the first state forest park in Northern Ireland, established on 2 June 1955. |
 I have chosen my staff. |
 I chose well! |
 Tollymore Forest Horn Bridge(1770) |
 Tollymore Forest small burn (stream) the bridge crosses |
 Tollymore Forest the stream flows into the Shimna River |
 Tollymore Forest The Shimna River is crossed by 16 bridges as it flows through Tollymore. |
 Tollymore Forest is full of interesting oddly shaped old trees. |
 Tollymore Forest Many of these trees became focal points for GOT scenes |
 Tollymore Forest small stone bridge over the stream |
 Tollymore Forest the stream converging with the Shimna River |
 Tollymore Forest During the 1800s, the forest contained five saw mills for processing felled trees. |
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 Tollymore Forest The mills were located on the banks of the Shimna River and powered by water. |
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 Tollymore Forest The millponds are still located in the forest but are no longer in use. |
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 Tollymore Forest There are numerous artificial and natural features along the Shimna River, including bridges, grottos and caves |
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 Tollymore Forest The long and winding path to GOT coolness. |
 Tollymore Forest You start to feel very small the deeper into this ancient forest you get. |
 Tollymore Forest The arboretum in Tollymore was started in 1752 and is one of the oldest in Ireland. |
 Tollymore Forest contains trees from many different parts of the world, including the remains of a giant redwood. |
 Tollymore Forest- Think back to S1E1 the scene where the ghostly wildling is hanging from a tree by the dismembered bodies.... |
 Tollymore Forest- Look close the hole where they hung the wildling girl is still there! |
 Tollymore Forest Here is where the GOT TV magic starts |
 Covered with fake snow, this is the setting for The Haunted Forest where the Three Night’s Watchmen encounter a White Walker |
 Tollymore Forest- Opening scene site that GOT us all hooked! |
 Tollymore Forest/ GOT pit where Wills finds the dismembered bodies in the snow |
 Tollymore Forest a little hard to imagine the snow |
 Tollymore Forest Can you see it now? |
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 Tollymore Forest/ GOT also used this site for Tyrion and Jon’s campfire on their journey north to the Wall |
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 Tollymore Forest I'm standing on a stump Jon Snow sat on! |
 Tollymore Forest they had scouts go through the forest and mark creepy odd looking trees to film |
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 Tollymore Forest was also the scene of Theon Greyjoy's escape attempt when he is pursued by Ramsay Snow |
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 Tollymore Forest Cool GOT group shot under the creepy tree |
 Tollymore Forest Fixed group shot just for me. |
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 Tollymore Forest Back following the river to the next site |
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 Tollymore Forest Look to either side of the Starks and note the stone bridge |
 Tollymore Forest/ GOT the bridge where the Starks discover a dead direwolf and her pups. |
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 Tollymore Forest/ GOT path by the bridge where they came down to find the dead direwolf with pups |
 Tollymore Forest the bridge from below. |
 Tollymore Forest Cool orange fungus by the bridge |
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 The Hermitage(1770's) is a small stone shelter designed by James Hamilton in memory to his friend the Marquis of Monthermer. |
 Built into the side of the gorge above the river and was used as a place for ladies to shelter while the men fished. |
 Tollymore Forest with all the mushrooms, trees & stone shelters by rivers it's literally a Fairy Wonderland! |
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 View of Bran's Tower across a small arm of Strangford Lough |
 View of Bran's Tower across a small arm of Strangford Lough |
 Lunch at the Lobster Pot, a charming pub on the village green in the port of Strangford. |
 Direwolves Summer and Greywind |
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 Direwolves Summer and Greywind Dad who was an extra in many GOT scenes |
 Direwolves Summer and Greywind Our guide and "The Boys" also GOT extras in the background |
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 Direwolves Summer and Greywind -Getting the facts from Dad |
 Direwolves Summer and Greywind it's a dog's life! |
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 Leaving the Port of Strangford |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- A 16th century castle and stableyard is the film location of Winterfell. |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- Old Castle Ward, built about 1590 near Strangford Lough |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- Also the site of the Winterfell Crypt |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- and the savage Red Wedding |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell I don't see it... do you? |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell-Here comes that CGI magic! |
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 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- backdrop for when King Baratheon visits the Stark's to make Ned his Hand of the King. |
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 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell now on the inside courtyard of the tower... |
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 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell the courtyard where the Stark Family welcomed King Robert Baratheon to Winterfell |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell Now I got it! |
 Castle Ward Grounds- filming location of Robb Stark’s Camp, & “generic army camps” for many scenes throughout the series |
 Castle Ward Grounds- including both the Stark army camp and the Lannister army camp |
 Where Robert Baratheon hears of the marriage of Khal Drogo & Daenerys Targaryen & tells Ned Stark: “There is a war coming" |
 Castle Ward overlooks Strangford Lough the largest sea inlet in the British Isles |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell On filming days all boats had to be paid not to enter this area on a very busy lake |
 Audley's Castle on the Castle Ward grounds/ GOT Bran's Tower |
 Audley's Castle- where young Bran Stark is shockingly pushed out the Castle window |
 Audley's Castle- Also the location of Robb’s Camp in the Riverlands. |
 Audley's Castle- A bawn is the defensive wall surrounding an Irish tower house |
 Audley's Castle |
 Audley's Castle where Bran climbs up to the window and sees Jaime and Cersei |
 Audley's Castle/GOT Bran's Tower the window Jaime Lannister shoved poor Bran Stark out of, for the sake of love! |
 Audley's Castle View across Strangford Lough & GOT site of Frey's Twins |
 Audley's Castle/ GOT Walder Frey's Twin Castles |
 Audley's Castle Group shot |
 Audley's Castle View of Strangford Lough |
 Audley's Castle-The south-east face of the tower house is dominated by two projecting square turrets |
 Audley's Castle/ GOT Walder Frey's Twins via CGI magic from the upper window |
 Audley's Castle/ GOT Walder Frey's Twins- Real vs Fake |
 Audley's Castle/ GOT Walder Frey's Twins to give it a more erie look and feel |
 Audley's Castle- Robb Stark’s army in their generic camp, right outside the Twins, looking at the castle bridging the River |
 Audley's Castle- The Twins (seat of House Frey) actual castle is just a digital creation inserted in post-production |
 On the shore of Strangford Lough below is where Brianne of Tarth guides the captured Jaime Lannister to Kingslanding |
 Audley's Castle- You can see the tall tree in the background of the opposite shore |
 Audley's Castle cool door |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- Catelyn and Ser Rodrik Cassel intercept Robb’s army in the Neck as it presses southwards. |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- Talisa approaching Robb Stark for more supplies to treat the wounded at the Battle of Oxcross. |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- Brianne of Tarth & Jaime Lannister come ashore heading to Kingslanding |
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 Castle Ward/ GOT-But unfortunately for them run into three Stark men on the way in a forest |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- filmed in the forest around Audley’s Field |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- The tree Brianne leaned Jaime against before confronting the Stark men |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- The limb the men were hanging from. |
 Tyrion and Bronn are making their way through the Vale towards Tywin Lannister’s camp |
 Tyrion makes it clear that if Bronn decides to sell him out, he will make sure to double the price… because he loves living |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell- Beautiful walking path all the way around the grounds past all these filming locations! |
 Castle Ward/ GOT Winterfell-The secret wedding of Robb and Talisa. |
 Catelyn Stark warning her son Robb that there will be consequences for his love of Talisa when word reaches the Freys. |
 Ser Alton Lannister returns to the Westerlands to inform Robb of Cersei’s response to his peace terms (she tore them in half) |
 Inch Abbey from the road coming in. |
 Inch Abbey bush with flowers on the old stone wall |
 Inch Abbey- A pre-Norman Celtic monastic settlement here was in existence by the year 800. |
 Inch Abbey-In 1002 it was plundered by the Vikings led by Sitric, King of the Danes, who came up the Quoile River with a fleet |
 Inch Abbey-established as a Cistercian house in repentance for the destruction of the Abbey at Erinagh by John de Courcy |
 Inch Abbey- parish graveyard |
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 Inch Abbey-The buildings are mainly of the late 12th century and the 13th century. |
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 Inch Abbey/ GOT where Catelyn and Robb Stark first hear of Eddard’s death |
 Inch Abbey Our Catelyn |
 Inch Abbey ready to defend our Winterfell |
 Inch Abbey Charge! |
 Inch Abbey/ GOT the place where the bannermen declared Robb Stark as the new King of the North |
 Inch Abbey/ GOT Robb then takes his army to the edge of the Trident |
 Inch Abbey/ GOT sending his mother Catelyn to bargain with Water Frey in an attempt to cross at the Twins. |
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 Inch Abbey- the capture of Jaime Lannister and conversations between Jaime and Catelyn Stark |
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 Inch Abbey- Only the impressive east window remains |
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 Inch Abbey one last shot of the cemetery! |
 Back in Dublin and heading "home" |