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Mel Gibson is back in Wicklow

Published by Visit Wicklow on 17 October 2016

Mel Gibson’s hike up the Sugarloaf

Mel Gibson is back in Wicklow, and has been spotted hiking up the Sugarloaf in Wicklow recently.  The Hollywood actor/director chose Wicklow in 1995 to shot the blockbuster “Braveheart” with Kippure Estate as one of the main location.

See below image of Mel on top of the Sugarloaf:

A photo posted by Heather (@heatherfogarty277) on Oct 9, 2016 at 7:04am PDT

He is now back in Ireland to shoot his next movie “The Professor and the Madman” with Sean Penn.

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Mel Gibson in 1995 as William Wallace in “Braveheart”

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