It’s been more than a decade in the making but Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are back together again for another black comedy from Bruges to Mayo.
Of course we all of us will be hoping the bromance, or brom com if you will, does the same for Mayo as it did for the medieval Belgian canal city.
And well done for Brendan in persuading Colin out to see its charms.
Although both being gangsters we thought they would have wanted to see the fabric of the cloth Joseph of Arimathea used on Jesus in the Basilica of the Holy Blood.
Film buffs and proud natives of Mayo will, of course, tell you that the Maritime County is already on the cinematic map.
With Cong drawing fans of The Quiet Man to its village religiously.
And Linnane the setting for The Field among others.
Of course Tourism Ireland are all over the possibilities from Mayo being showcased on our big screens.
And in conjunction with Searchlight Pictures they have created a behind-the-scenes featurette.
With footage shot during filming for The Banshees of Inisherin.
All Ireland
Director Martin McDonagh, Farrell (Pádraic), Brendan Gleeson (Colm), Kerry Condon (Siobhán) and Barry Keoghan (Dominic) all talk us through the locations.
The Banshees got a 14-minute standing ovation at the Venice International Film Festival.
And it is expected to do the same when the film hits picture houses in Ireland, the UK and the US on October 21.
Farrell and Gleeson have, of course, done much to promote the whole of Ireland.
Where East and West shall meet
With many remembering a cherubic-faced Farrell negotiating the mean streets of Dublin in Intermissions.
And country village life in my old bailiwick of Co. Wicklow, the Garden of Ireland in Ballykissangel, near Avoca.
While Gleeson has been out West before.
Most notably in The Guard opposite Don Cheadle, and Calvary.
All in all we can see just why the Venetians and the international film audience would want.
To spend 14 minutes clapping Colin and Brian.
Because anything they do from a black comedy from Bruges to Mayo is right up our street.
