{"id":658566,"date":"2026-10-18T16:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/658566\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T16:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:58:12","slug":"actor-bill-murray-tees-off-on-irish-adventure-in-new-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/658566\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Bill Murray tees off on Irish adventure in new series"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOLLYWOOD STAR BILL Murray is swapping the bright lights of Tinseltown for the Irish countryside in a new BBC series set to hit screens this week.<\/p>\n

Murray (75) is best known for his award-winning performances in Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The six-part BBC show, A Course Called Ireland, follows the actor as he takes a trip around the island to explore some of the country\u2019s most impressive golf courses.<\/p>\n

The series is inspired by a bestselling travel memoir by American writer Tom Coyne.<\/p>\n

Coyne wrote A Course Called Ireland following his 16-week journey playing every seaside and links golf course around the island.<\/p>\n

In the new series Murray is joined on his travels by famous faces including comedian Joanne McNally, actor Chris O\u2019Dowd and American football player Jason Kelce.<\/p>\n

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\n Murray with Chris O’Dowd filming A Course Called Ireland. BBC<\/p>\n

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O\u2019Dowd and Murray famously starred together in the 2014 comedy-drama film St. Vincent.<\/p>\n

The series highlights some of Ireland\u2019s prime golfing destinations, including locations in Cork and Donegal, as well as the iconic Giant\u2019s Causeway.<\/p>\n

Aside from the golf, Murray interacts with locals and also is given the opportunity to delve further into his Irish heritage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Speaking about the series, Murray said: \u201cI started out caddying, and golf was the best education I ever received. Ireland feels like the right place to put all that to work. They\u2019ve got this wonderful word there, \u2018craic\u2019, which means fun, but it means a lot of other things. A lot of good things. And this show will be about us finding it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eddie Doyle, head of commissioning at BBC Northern Ireland, said: \u201cThis series is about much more than golf.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a journey packed with friendship, humour, unforgettable characters, and the kind of magic moments you simply can\u2019t script.<\/p>\n

\u201cBill Murray is one of a kind, and every stop on this adventure is a joy to watch, for golf fans and anyone who loves a great road trip.\u201d<\/p>\n

The series will launch on BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer on Friday, 23 October, and on BBC Two on Sunday, 25 October at 9.30pm.<\/p>\n

It will also be available to stream on Paramount +.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOLLYWOOD STAR BILL Murray is swapping the bright lights of Tinseltown for the Irish countryside in a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1578,14768,278719,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-658566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bbc","tag-bill-murray","tag-chris-o","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}