How the Emerald Isle became Hollywood’s latest hub for global production

DUBLIN — Limerick, first settled by Vikings nearly 1,100 years ago, is a verdant sprawl of lush forests, rolling hills and liminal bogs. But this region in midwest Ireland, steeped in folklore, where the River Shannon meets the estuary’s tidal waters before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, is also the unlikely site of bustling production activity. kAmx? 2 E649?@=@8J A2C<[ ?@E 72C 7C@> `bE9 46?EFCJ 42DE=6D[ >65:6G2= CF:?D 2?5 A:4EFC6DBF6 G:==286D[ DE2?5D %C@J $EF5:@D] ~A6?65 ?:?6 J62CD 28@ :? 2 7@C>6C s6== r@>AFE6C 724E@CJ E92E D9FE 5@H? H96? :E D9:7E65 >2?F724EFC:?8 E@ !@=2?5[ %C@J :D xC6=2?5’D 3:886DE 2?5 ?6H6DE D@F?5DE286 4@>A=6I]k^Am kAmxE :D 96C6 E92E pAA=6 %'’D D4:6?46 7:4E:@? D6C:6D “u@F?52E:@?[” 32D65 @? 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