Filming location photo, shot in Ireland, for Father Ted (1995). Scene description: Glanquin House became Father Ted's house through a chance conversation in a pub in Kilfenora in 1993. Joe Mardis, the location manager for the television series, has family connections in the area. While having a drink with friends from the locality they came up with the idea of setting the series in North Clare. He looked at a number of older houses, took photos and brought them back to the writers. They chose Glanquin House, and the rest is history.