Ireland is renowned worldwide for its lush green hills and wild Atlantic coast, but one of its greatest natural treasures is a landscape of grey stone called the Burren, which is home to some of Ireland’s most enchanting wildlife. Featuring striking wildlife sequences set in this fantastical otherworld, the documentary follows its lead character, the elusive but charming pine marten, as her story takes us on a delightful journey through this incredible habitat and the lives of its wild birds and animals.
CREDITS
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY
JOHN MURRAY
PRODUCED BY
CEPA GIBLIN
JOHN MURRAY
NARRATED BY
COLIN STAFFORD-JOHNSON
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY
DOMENICO PONTILLO
BRIAN O’ LEARY
PETER CLYNE
JOHN MURRAY
GEORGE KARBUS
EDITORS
JAMIE FITZPATRICK
ANDREW HEARNE
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
JAMES DUNBAR
KEVIN SMITH
FIONN O’DONOGHUE
FELIX SPROLL
ADDITIONAL EDITING
MICK MAHON
CAMERA ASSISTANT
FIONN O’ DONOGHUE
FIELD ASSISTANTS
JAMES ORGAN
PIUS MURRAY
ASSISTANT EDITORS
AOIFE CAREY
ARCHIE ERSKINE-HADDEN
SOUND DESIGN & MIX
PAUL FINAN
ONLINE EDITOR
SÉAMUS CONNOLLY
COLORIST
GARY CURRAN
RESEARCHER & PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
EOIN DILLON
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
SIOBHÁN MURRAY
MUSIC
BADHANDS
KÍLA
RÓNÁN Ó SNODAIGH
EOIN DILLON
CORMAC BREATNACH
PRODUCTION MANAGER
CIARA BAKER
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
SIOBHÁN WARD
ARCHIVE
DAVE HUNT
DRONESCAPES IRELAND
EAMON CORCORAN
GARETH MCCORMACK
IRISH WHALE & DOLPHIN GROUP
NOEL MARRY
WILLFALCON / POND5
VISUALMONDO / POND5
FILMING ASSISTANCE FURNISHED BY
HELEN CARTY
EMMA GLANVILLE
PENNY BARTLETT
HARRY JEUKEN
NEAL JEUKEN
EOIN WARNER
SPECIAL THANKS
BURREN NATIONAL PARK
FINBAR RYAN
ROB GANDOLA
MAIRÉAD ORGAN
LLOYD AND ROSE BUCK
LOUGH AVALLA FARM
INITIATIVE FOR NATURE CONSERVATION CYMRU
THEO JEBB
RICHARD DUFF
DAVID DUFF
BAT CONSERVATION IRELAND
SIMON BERROW
JOHN LUSBY
CONOR KELLEHER
NICK MASSETT
YEATS THOOR BALLYLEE SOCIETY
COOLE PARK NATURE RESERVE
FOR NATURE
SERIES EDITOR
JANET HESS
SENIOR PRODUCER
LAURA METZGER LYNCH
SUPERVISING PRODUCER
JAYNE JUN
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
JAMES F. BURKE
LEGAL COUNSEL
BLANCHE ROBERTSON
DIGITAL LEAD
DANIELLE BROZA
DIGITAL PRODUCER
AMANDA SCHMIDT
SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
KAREN HO
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
CHELSEY SAATKAMP
BUDGET CONTROLLER
JAYNE LISI
ONLINE EDITOR
STACEY DOUGLASS MOVERLEY
RE-RECORDING MIXER
JON BERMAN
PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF INCENTIVES FOR THE IRISH FILM INDUSTRY PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND
ORIGINAL EPISODE PRODUCTION FUNDING PROVIDED IN PART BY
CREATIVE EUROPE – MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
TOURISM IRELAND
ORIGINAL SERIES PRODUCTION FUNDING PROVIDED IN PART BY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Arnhold Foundation
The Fairweather Foundation
Kate W. Cassidy Foundation
Charles Rosenblum
Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao
Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III
Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation
Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
Sandra Atlas Bass
SERIES PRODUCER
BILL MURPHY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
FRED KAUFMAN
A PRODUCTION OF CROSSING THE LINE PRODUCTIONS LTD, SKYLAND PRODUCTIONS GMBH AND THE WNET GROUP IN COPRODUCTION WITH ARTE, ORF, WDR AND TG4 IN ASSOCIATION WITH SVT
THIS PROGRAM WAS PRODUCED BY THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC, WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CONTENT.
© 2024 CROSSING THE LINE PRODUCTIONS LTD AND THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FUNDING
Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone is produced with the support of Creative Europe – Media Programme of the European Union, Incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of Ireland, and Tourism Island. Series funding for Nature is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Sandra Atlas Bass, and public television viewers.
TRANSCRIPT
- [Narrator] Wild water and rock.
Ireland is famous for its stunning scenery.
One of its greatest natural treasures is a strange world of gray stone called the Burren.
The Burren seems lifeless, but look a little closer.
Some extraordinary survivors clung to life.
(lively music)