The Lion in Winter

Ardmore Studios, located in Bray, County Wicklow, is Ireland’s only four wall studio. Opened in 1958 by then Minister for Industry and Commerce Seán Lemass, the studio has grown to house numerous Irish and international productions, including Braveheart, My Left Foot, King Arthur and... Veronica Guerin. In July 2008, Kevin Moriarty, Ardmore Studios boss, criticised Irish movies saying that: "there is an absence of a core structure, a surface storyline that allows the audience to navigate its way." In 1910 Sidney Olcott made his first visit to Ireland. Prior to this visit Irish film was made up of newsreels. His first film based in Ireland was The Lad from Old Ireland and was produced by Kalem. His next Irish film was called Rory O'Moore and was based around the Irish Rebellion of 1798. This displeased both the British Home Office and the Catholic Church. Most of his films at this time were filmed in Kerry in the towns of Beaufort, Dunloe and Killarney. Films of the time included The Gypsies of Old Ireland, Arrah-na-Pogue, Robert Emmet, Ireland's Martyr, You'll Remember Ellen and Ireland the Oppressed.
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Wales /ˈweɪlz/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km . Wales has over 1,200 km of... coastline, including its offshore islands; the largest, Anglesey , is also the largest island in the Irish Sea. Wales is largely mountainous, with its highest peaks in the north and central areas, especially in Snowdonia , which contains Snowdon , its highest summit. During the Iron Age and early medieval period, Wales was inhabited by the Celtic Britons. A distinct Welsh national identity emerged in the centuries after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales is regarded as one of the modern Celtic nations today. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was recognised as King of Wales in 1057. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd's death in 1282 marked the completion of Edward I of England's conquest of Wales. The castles and town walls erected to ensure its permanence are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century on what was then an island five kilometers north of Arles, in the Bouches-du-Rhône département, Provence, in the south of France. The Abbey is noted for its 11th-14th century graves, carved in... the rock, its subterranean crypt, and its massive unfinished church. It was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages, and in the 18th century it was the site of a large Maurist Monastery, now in ruin. The abbey is cared for as a historic monument by the Centre des monuments nationaux. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island, 43 meters high, surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. Beginning in the third millennium BC the island was used as a cemetery, with individual graves carved into the rock. In the 9th and 10th centuries the island also served as a sanctuary for the local residents during invasions of the Saracens and the Normans. During the Middle Ages, several legends arose about Montmajour and its founding. One legend said that the island had been the sanctuary of St. Trophimus, who had been sent from Rome by St.
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