Cover - The Unforgettable Fire

Published: 2010-02-14

Cover of U2's 1984 album "The Unforgettable Fire"

The Castle Moydrum in February 2008

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U2 - Moydrum Castle, Athlone, Ireland

The castle was used for the cover of the Irish rock band U2's fourth studio album, 1984's The Unforgettable Fire. Though the photo was taken by photographer Anton Corbijn it vas very similar to a picture on the cover of a 1980 book In Ruins: The Once Great Houses of Ireland by Simon Marsden, U2 ended up paying compensation for the use. The photo by Anton Corbijn was taken in the same spot and used the same polarising filter technique, but with the addition of the four band members.