RTÉ's 'The Unreal'
filmed in Inishowen
27.10.26
THE wild landscapes of
Inishowen take centre stage this Halloween as
award-winning children’s drama The Unreal returns to RTÉ
One and RTÉ Player for a third series, filmed entirely
on location across the peninsula.
The Unreal Series 3 is a new adventure steeped in Irish
mythology, mystery and folk horror. Inishowen has been
transformed into Inishscéal, a remote island that seems
frozen in another time.
Filming took place across the peninsula in July and
August, at locations including Malin Head, Five Finger
Strand, Culdaff, Bunagee Pier and Lisnagra Woods. |
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The series sees a local
cast and community on screen, including Donegal native
Frankie McCafferty (Blue Lights, In the Name of the
Father), who joins the cast as local poet Dáithí
O’Faoláin.
Members of the Inishowen Traditional Music Orchestra,
the Moville Mummers and the Carndonagh Community School
Drama Group also all appear in the world of Inishscéal.
Director Bonnie Dempsey says: “We wanted Irish children
to see somewhere genuinely epic on screen, somewhere
wild, cinematic and completely rooted in Ireland.
Inishowen gave us the scale and atmosphere to create
Inishscéal, a magical land at the very edge of Ireland." |
The story:
At the heart of The Unreal lies one strange secret: the
Kelly family aren’t supposed to be real. They’re
characters who escaped from a long-forgotten 1980s TV
sitcom into the real world, and they’ve been trying to
blend in ever since.
Then an anonymous postcard lands in Kevin’s locker. Its
sender knows exactly who, and what, the Kellys are. The
hunt for answers leads the family to Inishscéal, where
they come face to face with strange islanders, mummers
and the legendary Morrigan.
The Unreal Series 3 premiered on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player
last Sunday, 25th October. |
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