Our film is set in the rural setting of Bloody Bridge, just outside Newcastle, County Down. We wanted a secluded, isolated location that could be virtually unchanged by modern developments, in other words be as rural as it was in the 1700s.
Another reason that we had to choose Bloody Bridge as our location was the eery history surrounding the name of it. There is speculation as to what exactly happen here.
In his 1898 `Guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains', Robert Lloyd Praegar writes, 'It derives its gruesome name from the massacre of a number of protestants of Newry, including their minister, in the troubled year of 1641 at the instigation of Sir Conn Magennis.'
Other accounts of this have been recorded by Harris, who wrote what he heard over the truth and for this reason he is not sure whether 24 people or 50 people die. Either way, the people were barbarically killed hence the name Bloody Bridge.
The unnerving stories surrounding this place create a perfect atmosphere to film our idea, despite today it being the most well known landmark of South Down. It is a beautiful place, visited by many especially in the summer.
The time of year that we are filming will be helpful to us and hopefully there won't be many people there.
Another reason that we had to choose Bloody Bridge as our location was the eery history surrounding the name of it. There is speculation as to what exactly happen here.
In his 1898 `Guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains', Robert Lloyd Praegar writes, 'It derives its gruesome name from the massacre of a number of protestants of Newry, including their minister, in the troubled year of 1641 at the instigation of Sir Conn Magennis.'
Other accounts of this have been recorded by Harris, who wrote what he heard over the truth and for this reason he is not sure whether 24 people or 50 people die. Either way, the people were barbarically killed hence the name Bloody Bridge.
The unnerving stories surrounding this place create a perfect atmosphere to film our idea, despite today it being the most well known landmark of South Down. It is a beautiful place, visited by many especially in the summer.
The time of year that we are filming will be helpful to us and hopefully there won't be many people there.
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