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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Where The Wind That Shakes the Barley says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Ken Loach's Irish war drama was shot across West Cork, with only the final cell in a Dublin jail
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Scenes and places
The hurling match and the execution
Damien is about to leave for a London hospital when a hurling match ends with the Black and Tans executing his friend Micheál for refusing to say his name in English. Shaken, he still turns down his friends' plea to stay and join the IRA, calling the war unwinnable.
Set in Damien's home village, County Cork — The village in 1920 where a hurling match ends with British Black and Tans making an arrest.
A town in West Cork that the production dressed to look like 1920; the story village itself is not named in the sources.
Filmed at North Main Street, Bandon (Bandon · North Main Street, County Cork, Ireland) — Bandon was a filming location; Wikipedia does not say which scene was shot on North Main Street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The railway station standoff
On his way out of town, Damien watches soldiers fail to bully a railway worker who will not let them board. It reverses his decision: he stays and is sworn into Teddy's brigade.
Set in Railway station — A station where a railway employee refuses to let British troops board.
No filming location for this scene is given in the sources found.
Drilling in the mountains
Damien joins the flying column that Teddy commands and learns to drill in the mountains. The men are untrained and short of guns, which is what pushes them toward their first raid.
Set in Mountains near the village — Open hills where the flying column drills.
Coolea is an Irish-speaking village in the Muskerry Gaeltacht of County Cork.
Filmed at Hills above Coolea (Coolea (Cúil Aodha), County Cork, Ireland) — The column's early training was filmed in the hills above Coolea; the coordinate is the village, not the exact hillside. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Raiding the RIC barracks
The column raids the village's police barracks to take weapons, then uses those arms to kill four Auxiliaries. Damien is now an active fighter, no longer just a witness.
Set in Royal Irish Constabulary barracks — The village's police barracks, raided to acquire more arms.
No filming location for this scene is given in the sources found.
The ambush of the Auxiliary convoy
The column ambushes and wipes out a convoy of the Auxiliary Division. It is their biggest success, and it costs them Gogan, the British soldier who had helped them escape.
Set in Mountain road — A road in the mountains where the IRA ambushes an Auxiliary Division convoy.
Ballyvourney (Baile Bhuirne) is a Gaeltacht village in the hills of western County Cork.
Filmed at Mountains around Ballyvourney (Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland) — The ambush was shot in the mountains around Ballyvourney; the coordinate is the village, not the exact road. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The looting of Sinéad's farmhouse
Auxiliaries loot and burn Sinéad's farmhouse and cut off her hair at gunpoint, wounding her scalp. Damien treats her afterwards, and a messenger arrives with news of a ceasefire.
Set in Sinéad Sullivan's farmhouse — The farm of Sinéad Sullivan, a Cumann na mBan member.
Coolea has a church and a small village centre; the film's farmhouse set is not identified in the sources.
Filmed at Coolea (Coolea (Cúil Aodha), County Cork, Ireland) — The farmhouse scenes were filmed in Coolea; the coordinate is the village, not the farm. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Treaty divides the brigade
With the Treaty signed, the brigade splits. Teddy argues that peace now beats a fight for more later; Damien and Dan insist on a united republic and on collectivising industry and agriculture.
Set in Brigade meeting place (unspecified) — A meeting where the brigade argues over the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
Timoleague is a small village in County Cork known for its friary ruins on the Argideen estuary.
Filmed at Timoleague (Timoleague, County Cork, Ireland) — Timoleague was a filming location in County Cork; the sources do not say which scene was shot there. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The cell
Damien is held in the same cell where the British once locked up the brigade. Teddy comes to plead with him, offering amnesty and a life with Sinéad if he gives up the hidden rifles and Rory's whereabouts.
Set in The cell where Damien is held — The same cell where the British Army earlier imprisoned the brigade.
Kilmainham Gaol held many leaders of Irish rebellions and is now a museum.
Filmed at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin (Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland) — Damien's cell scene was shot at Kilmainham Gaol, a former prison in Dublin. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Damien O'Donovan — A doctor-to-be from County Cork who joins the IRA and later opposes the Treaty.
- Teddy O'Donovan — Damien's older brother, who commands the local IRA flying column.
- Sinéad Sullivan — Damien's sweetheart and a Cumann na mBan member.
- Dan — A train driver and union official who shares Damien's socialist views.