Film & television
Horses and carriages for screen
Productions have been hiring the family's horses, carriages, drivers and handlers for years — in Ireland and across in the UK. Horses that stand still under lights, and people who have done it before.
14 productions and counting
- Vikings
- Ripper Street
- Penny Dreadful
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Frankenstein
- Jane Eyre
- Northanger Abbey
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Into the Badlands
- La Templanza
- The Wayfinders
- Tall Tales & Murder
- Sing Street
- Mrs Brown’s Boys
On set
Our own photographs from productions across Ireland — castle sets and green screens, Dublin streets closed for the morning, and a lot of standing about in costume waiting for the light.
What we can put on set
- Hansom cabs, broughams, landaus, hearses, drays and working carts
- Dutch Friesians and other horses used to lights, crowds, crews and noise
- Riders and drivers in period costume who can hit a mark and hold it
- Handlers on set for the length of the shoot
- Carriages dressed or re-liveried to the production designer’s brief
- Travel and transport anywhere in Ireland and the UK
Send the shooting dates, the location and a note of what the scene needs, and we will come back with what we can supply and what it costs. For anything at short notice, ring 085 246 2600 rather than email.
How we work a shoot
The filming is meant to be the easy part. Everything that makes it easy happens before the crew turns up.
Safety brief first
Before anything is shot, everyone working near the horses is walked through where to stand, how to approach, what the handler’s signals mean and how a take gets stopped. It takes ten minutes and it is not optional.
Settled before the crew arrives
Horses are walked over the ground they will work on, brought near the rigs and the noise, and given time to take it all in. By the time the cameras roll nothing on that location is new to them.
Handled all day
A handler stays with every horse for the length of the shoot, with rest, water and time out of shot between setups. They go home sound — that is the only version of a good day.
Production enquiries
Dates, location and a line on what the scene needs is enough to start. We will tell you straight away whether we can cover it.