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===Media=== [[File:Plains of East Wicklow-Ire2500.JPG|thumb|Lowlands in east Wicklow, west of [[Greystones]].]] Mermaid, County Wicklow Arts Centre is based in Bray. Mermaid is the county's hub of artistic activity and creation, offering a programme in many art forms: visual arts, theatre productions, opera, dance performances, arthouse cinema, comedy and a music programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/about|title=About Us|website=Mermaid Arts Centre|access-date=23 August 2019|archive-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824021635/https://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/about|url-status=live}}</ref> Two of the county's festivals take place in Arklow, the Arklow Music Festival and the Arklow Seabreeze Festival. The county is a popular film-making location in Ireland. [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]] is home to [[Ardmore Studios]], where many of Ireland's best known feature films, including [[John Boorman]]'s ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]'' and ''[[Zardoz]]'', [[Jim Sheridan]]'s [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning ''[[In the Name of the Father]]'', ''[[Rawhead Rex (film)|Rawhead Rex]]'', and several [[Neil Jordan]] films, have been shot. The [[BBC]] series ''[[Ballykissangel]]'' was also filmed in County Wicklow. Scenes from the movie ''[[P.S. I Love You (film)|P.S. I Love You]]'' were shot in the [[Wicklow Mountains National Park]] while several scenes from other movies, from ''[[Barry Lyndon]]'' to ''[[Haywire (2011 film)|Haywire]]'', have been filmed in the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wicklow.ie/Business/Film/Film-History |title=Film History |publisher=Wicklow Film Office β Wicklow Local Enterprise Office |year=2018 |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724183557/https://www.wicklow.ie/Business/Film/Film-History |url-status=live }}</ref>
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