Traveling to Ireland with Olcott's crew that included leading lady and principal screenwriter, Gene Gauntier, and actor Robert Vignola, George Hollister shot The Lad From Old Ireland plus a number of film shorts in Blarney Castle, Glengarriff and at the Lakes of Killarney.
Offering a broad view of the surrounding area, the round Martello tower on the island was built to guard against a threatened Napoleonic invasion that never materialized.
Glengarriff Forest is an area of woodland near Glengarriff, West Cork, Ireland.