Where was Normal People filmed?

Normal People captured the ache of first love and the quiet pull of class with such intimacy that its locations feel almost like memories, and fans have been retracing the show's journey from a small western town to student life in the city. The places it lingers in are real, accessible corners of Ireland that reward a slow, thoughtful visit.

In Dublin, the cobbled squares and arches of Trinity College, Ireland's oldest university, are where the two leads reunite and drift apart as students. Out west in County Sligo, the long, wild strand of Streedagh Beach stands in for the windswept coast of the characters' western home town, all open sky and Atlantic light.

For set-jetters, the two make a satisfying contrast. Trinity College sits at the heart of Dublin and welcomes visitors to its historic grounds, while Streedagh Beach is a glorious stretch of the Sligo coast in Ireland's north-west. Linking the city and the seaside lets fans follow the emotional geography of the story across two very different sides of Ireland.