The Banshees of Inisherin: Achill and Inishmore

Pádraic shares this cottage with his sister Siobhán and keeps his pet donkey, Jenny. It is where Jenny chokes to death on one of Colm's severed fingers. The production built the cottage in a limestone-paved field above the village and dismantled it afterwards, so there is no building to visit. The site still has views over the village, with the fort of Dún Aonghasa on the skyline.

Точность места: Inisherin is fictional; the pin marks the Inis Mór village where Pádraic's cottage set was built.

Pádraic and Dominic share a bottle of poitín on the cliff top, the same drink Dominic's father beats him for. The fort behind them is prehistoric: four concentric dry-stone walls on a cliff some hundred metres above the sea. It is a public archaeological site with a small museum, and the cliff edge is every bit as vertiginous as it looks. The film uses the fort as the edge of Inisherin.

Точность места: Inisherin's cliffs are fictional; the pin marks Dún Aonghasa, the real fort used for the cliff scenes.

Советы для посещения: A public archaeological site with a small museum; the cliff edge is exposed, so keep back from the drop.

The lanes around Bungabhla stand in for the roads of Inisherin, where Pádraic and Colm keep crossing paths after Colm abruptly ends their friendship. Every meeting carries Colm's ultimatum: each time Pádraic speaks to him, Colm will cut off one of his own fingers. The village lies on Inis Mór, and there is no set to see: the roads themselves were the location.

Точность места: Inisherin is fictional; the pin marks Bungabhla, the Inis Mór village where the road scenes were filmed.

Mass is one of the film's communal scenes, and it was shot in Dugort's nineteenth-century Church of Ireland chapel. The building held about 130 people and served for both the exterior Mass scenes and some interiors. In the story it is the island's shared ritual, the place where the village gathers while the feud between Pádraic and Colm runs underneath. The church is still active, so visit for a service rather than as a set, and keep clear of the graves.

Точность места: Inisherin is fictional; the pin marks Dugort, the Achill village whose church stood in for the island chapel.

Советы для посещения: The church is active: visit for a service only, and respect the graves in the grounds.

The production turned this harbour into Inisherin's village street, with O'Riordan's shop and post office and a row of cottage fronts. It is the film's small world of daily business, the place where Pádraic's errands and the village's news belong. The shop and cottages were built for the film and then removed; today there is little at Purteen beyond the dock.

Точность места: Inisherin is fictional; the pin marks Purteen Harbour, where the village street set was built.

Советы для посещения: The shop and cottages are gone; the dock and harbour remain.

Mrs McCormick's cottage stands at the edge of this lake, and the film gives her some of its most ominous moments. It is also where Dominic, the garda's beaten son, awkwardly asks Siobhán if she might love him; she gently turns him down. The lake is a glacial corrie, one of Achill's most beautiful spots. The cottage is a real building used by the production, but the lake and its shore are the attraction: quiet water and bare hills.

Точность места: Inisherin is fictional; the pin marks Lough Acorrymore, the Achill lake used for Mrs McCormick's cottage.

The pub is the heart of Inisherin and the stage for the quarrel: Colm plays his fiddle here, and Pádraic waits outside hoping to reconcile. None of it is real. The production built JJ Devine's from scratch at Cloughmore on the Atlantic Drive, then took it down; the site is on the coast road today. The set was shipped to the mainland and rebuilt as a working pub in Kilkerrin, the one place where you can still stand inside it.

Точность места: Inisherin is fictional; the pin marks Cloughmore, where JJ Devine's pub was built on the Atlantic Drive.

Советы для посещения: The pub itself is gone from Cloughmore; the set now stands as a pub in Kilkerrin.

The film's final scene is played on this beach, beside Colm's burnt-out house, after Pádraic has taken the dog Sammy out of the fire. Colm survives, and the two men talk about whether the Civil War is coming to an end. The cottage is a real private home, dressed for 1923 and closed to visitors. The beach is a Blue Flag strand that once hosted a basking shark fishery.

Точность места: Inisherin is fictional; the pin marks Keem Bay, where Colm's cottage and the final beach scene were filmed.

Советы для посещения: Colm's cottage is a private home; view it from the beach and do not approach the house.