(7) Marley & Me
Marley and Me (2008)
Explore the Connemara film locations of Marley and Me and other locations around Connemara and the Aran Islands. Connemara Film Trail Map
While primarily filmed in the USA, the couple’s honeymoon scenes were shot around Connemara. It featured Roundstone, Inagh Valley, and Loch Nafooey. The film became the Christmas family film in the US that year.
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, part of the original frat pack, and of course, Marley.
Directed by: David Frankel
Famous Association: The film is associated with the famous screwball comedy starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Bringing Up Baby is about a couple rearing a young leopard cub. Marley and Me spawned a TV series.
Quotation:
‘When she was leaving, I asked her what she thought and she said it was the ‘’most wonderful place’’.’’
What Jennifer Aniston said when asked if she enjoyed her first visit to Ireland.
Trivia:
Marley takes his name after the musician Bob Marley
Set the scene: Film makers used the exterior of Lough Inagh Lodge Hotel to display their honeymoon hotel, and the cast stayed at Ballynahinch Castle. Take a drive through the Inagh Valley or Loch na Fooey to explore the film locations of Marley & Me. Stroll around Roundstone like Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson did in the film.
Links: Joe Joyce and his sheepdogs (Joyce Country Sheepdogs) appear in the scene where the sheep block the road in the film. Richard ‘Humanity Dick’ Martin, one of the founders of the RSPCA, once lived at Ballynahinch Castle Estate, where the stars stayed during filming.
