IT is not every day one goes hunting in Hollywood and this was the real Hollywood, centred in The Garden of Ireland in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains. Hollywood Village dates back to the sixth century to Saint Kevin, and it is said that the Hollywood in the US got its name from Irish emigrants who, feeling nostalgic, wanted to hold on to the placename of their former home in ‘The Old Sod’!

But the two Hollywoods have filming in common, as a fleet of filming trucks were parked next to The Old Stage Coach Stop, great for drink and food, run by David McGuigan as filming was scheduled for the following week. Films made in Hollywood are Dancing at Lughnasa, King Arthur, Haunted Harmony Mysteries, Michael Collins, Vikings, Shelter, Black Irish, The Mount, A Quiet Tide and Dragoon.