Published on : Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Resembling Northern Ireland, the fortune of Mulhall family changed when the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones(GoT) came calling around a decade back, giving their pups brief yet unforgettable roles — computer-generated imagery took over as the dogs grew — and afterward employing the rest of the family as human extras.
“We were like the lepers of the world here in Northern Ireland. We were like the greyscale,” says tour guide Dee Morgan, alluding to a grisly, usually deadly skin disease featured on the show. “We never thought that Game of Thrones would do for us what Lord of the Rings has done in New Zealand. It’s our time to shine.”
And shine the country does, as it puts the years of conflict known as the Troubles behind it and flourishes as part of the United Kingdom with an open border to the Republic of Ireland.
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