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Dublin: Movies Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine

Movies that capture the atmosphere of the city.

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Circle of Friends (1995)
Popular film based on the Maeve Binchy book, set in 1950s Dublin. Follows the lives of a group of young women at University College, Dublin.

The Commitments (1991)
Based on the Roddy Doyle book about a ragtag group of Dublin musicians struggling to get a break.

Intermission (2003)
Colin Farrell film in which a disparate group of Dubliners get tangled up in love and greed.

Michael Collins (1996)
A fine biopic about the Irish rebel, Michael Collins (played by Liam Neeson), who founded the Irish Free State. Filmed largely on location in Dublin and Cork.

Nora (2000)
Good biographical film about James Joyce’s fascinating and long-suffering wife Nora.

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