Category archives: Awards

The Banshees of Inisherin, which was largely filmed on location on Achill Island, has won four BAFTAs at the 2023 awards ceremony. The film, which was also partially shot on Inis Mór in County Galway, had received a total of ten nominations for this year’s BAFTAs. Writer and director Martin…

The movie The Banshees of Inisherin, which was filmed largely on Achill Island, has earned nine nominations for the 2023 Academy Awards. After winning three Golden Globe awards earlier this month, all eyes are now on the 12th March awards ceremony in Hollywood. The Banshees movie has been nominated in…

Achill has two beaches in the top ten of the latest Lonely Planet Best Beaches in Ireland list. Keem Bay, also voted Ireland’s top beach in the Irish Independent’s Reader’s Awards this weekend, was rated at number one in the Lonely Planet list. And Keel’s Trawmore Strand came in at…

Keem Bay, on Achill Island, has been voted Ireland’s number one beach by visitors in the annual Irish Independent Reader’s Travel Awards. The Blue Flag beach, one of five on Achill Island, topped a public vote with the full results announced in The Irish Independent’s Weekend magazine on 21st January…

The movie ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, which was filmed extensively on location on Achill Island, has won three Golden Globe awards. The film, parts of which were also shot on location on Inis Mór island, in Co. Galway, won Best Motion Picture in the Musical or Comedy category. Colin Farrell,…

The Banshees of Inisherin, the movie that was filmed largely on location on Achill Island, has won a second award at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. After Colin Farrell won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Pádraic Súilleabháin in the film, writer and director Martin McDonagh was…

Actor Colin Farrell, one of the stars of the movie The Banshees of Inisherin which was shot largely on location on Achill Island, has been awarded ‘Best Actor’ for this role at the Venice Film Festival. The inaugural screening of the movie at the festival was followed by a 13…

A survey has listed Achill’s Keem Bay as the number one ‘wild swimming spot’ in the British and Irish Isles. The list was compiled by Ocean Bottle, a UK-based reusable bottle company. Ocean Bottle used data on water quality compiled by Government agencies and cross-referenced the results for over 800…

UPDATE – the winner was The Burren, in Co. Clare. And then there were five! The judges in the Irish Times ‘Best Place to Holiday in Ireland’ competition have whittled the top 20 entries down to the final five … and Achill Island is one of them! The winner will…

Achill has been long-listed in the Irish Times ‘Best Place to Holiday in Ireland 2022’ competition, conducted in association with Fáilte Ireland. The longlist of 20 locations is based on reader nominations and in-person visits by the competition judges. The panel of judges consists of: Nadia El Ferdaoussi, travel blogger;…

Comedian David O’Doherty, a frequent visitor to Achill, has published a children’s novel based on Achill Island. Titled ‘The Summer I Robbed A Bank’ the story revolves around a plot to rob the travelling bank. Update – David O’Doherty’s debut novel was awarded winner of the Specsavers Children’s Book of…

January 2019 – RunIreland.com, Ireland’s premier running and triathlon website, announced the winners of its 2018 awards for Irish events and named the Achill Half Marathon as both Ireland’s Best Half Marathon and its Most Scenic Route. These twin awards are just rewards for the small army of volunteers who…