Trivia / The Fighting Prince of Donegal

• California Doubling: The film is set in Ireland... and none of it was filmed in Ireland. Rather at Pinewood Studios, in England.
• Dawson Casting: The film is set in 1587. The real Hugh Roe O'Donnell was 15 at the time. Peter McEnery was 25/26 when playing him.
• Fake Irish:
  • None of the main leads in Irish roles (Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, etc) originated from Ireland.
  • Among the supporting roles, only Richard Leech (Phelim O'Toole), Marie Kean (Lady Ineen O'Donnell) and Donal McCann (Sean O'Toole) were Irish.
• International Coproduction: The film was an American-British production.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: For a while before it ended up on Disney+, the film only existed on VHS, never getting a DVD or Blu-ray release.

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