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Game of Thrones superfan buys iconic tree from HBO show and gets family to bring it home

Game of Thrones superfan buys iconic tree from HBO show and gets family to bring it home

Now thats what you call a pop culture memento (Picture: Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia/MPM/HBO) ..

adminSeptember 6, 2019 4:40 pm

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Now thats what you call a pop culture memento (Picture: Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia/MPM/HBO)

A contender for the accolade of biggest Game of Thrones stan ever has emerged.

Sean McBride, from Northern Ireland, makes a compelling case with the title after his latest purchase: a tree famously featured in the hit show.

Sean bought the tree from Dark Hedges avenue after a storm knocked it down, paying thousands of pounds for the privilege.

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The trees, known as Dark Hedges, as seen on Game of Thrones (Picture: HBO)

Sean hauled his yield home with help of sons Gerald and Daniel (pictured below).

Sean apparently became obsessed on the show after parts of it were filmed on his land in Ballycastle, County Antrim.

Dark Hedges have become a popular set-jetting destination for fans of the HBO show, which starred Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington.

It featured in season two, episode one (On the Kings Road) of the show.

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Other famous Northern Ireland locations used include Tollymore Forest and Inch Abbey.

**MANDATORY BYLINE**PIC FROM Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia/MPM - (PICTURED: Sean McBride, 57,from Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with his sons Gerard (left) and Daniel) - A savvy farmer who became a huge Game of Thrones fan after part of the series was filmed on his land has bought an iconic tree featured in the series for thousands of pounds after it was knocked down in a storm.Sean McBride got hooked on the show when his home in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, featured as the backdrop for the meeting of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. So when the 57-year-old heard a huge tree which stars in the Kings Landing scenes from series two where Arya escapes from her captors had been damaged in a storm and was being chopped down and put up for auction, he decided to snap it up.SEE MERCURY COPY

Sean McBride with his sons Gerard (left) and Daniel (Picture: Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia/MPM)

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Whats more, the Game of Thrones prequel will reportedly bring the franchise home to Northern Ireland, as filming is already underway in the county.

The prequel began filming within weeks of the GoT conclusion. But its thought we might not see it on screens until 2021.

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