Matt Damon has jetted back to the US with wife Luciana Barroso and their family after being forced to isolate in Ireland due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The actor, 49, donned a face mask as he headed into Dublin Airport to fly home on Thursday, after travel restrictions introduced in March meant the family were stuck in Ireland for two months.
Matt was originally in Ireland for filming when the lockdown was introduced on March 27, and had since gushed about his ‘fairytale’ life in the Irish suburb of Dalkey.
They’re heading home! Matt Damon, 49, has jetted back to the US with wife Luciana and their family after being forced to isolate in Dublin, Ireland due to the coronavirus pandemic
Matt ensure he complied with lockdown guidelines as he arrived at the airport with wife of 14 years Luciana and their daughters Isabella, 13, Gia, 11, and Stella, nine.
The family donned protective masks as they were guided into the terminal by security to finally jet home to California.
Last month it was first revealed that Matt and his family were isolating in Ireland after becoming stuck by a travel ban enforced on the country.
Protection: The actor donned a face mask as he headed into Dublin Airport to fly home on Wednesday, after originally travelling to Ireland to film his role in The Last Duel
Time to go! Matt was seen exiting a minibus outside the terminal with his family as they prepared to jet back to their home in California
Farewell! Despite saying goodbye to the Emerald Isle, Matt was in high spirits as he arrived for his flight wearing a face covering
The Bourne star, his wife Luciana, and their daughters had been residing in a lavish €8million ($8.6million/£7million) pad in the luxury area.
Currently Republic of Ireland government guidelines state that residents should continue to avoid all non-essential travel.
Matt first spoke about living in lockdown in the Emerald Isle during an interview with Graham O’Toole and Nathan O’Reilly on Ireland’s Spin 103.8’s Fully Charged.
During the interview the star also revealed that his daughter Alexia, 21, had made a full recovery from coronavirus while living in New York City.
Alexia is his wife Luciana’s daughter from a previous relationship however he referred to her as his ‘eldest daughter.’
Departing: Last month it was first revealed that Matt and his family were isolating in Ireland after becoming stuck by a travel ban enforced on the country
We love it here! The star was spotted out and about in the suburb numerous times, and gushed that living in the Emerald Isle was like ‘a ‘fairytale’
He said: ‘Our oldest daughter is in college, she’s in NYC. She had Covid really early on, along with her roommates and got through it fine. But everybody’s OK…
‘For Lucy’s mum and my mum, it’s scary for that generation. I think we’ve all got the message now, everyone’s doing the isolation and social distancing and hand-washing and everything we can to mitigate this but it’s frightening, certainly for our parents.’
But Dalkey has the A-list stamp of approval, as Matt also gushed: ‘It’s incredible. This is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. It feels a little like a fairytale here. Bono lives over there, Enya lives over there’.
Before lockdown began in Ireland on March 27, the Oscar winner was snapped posing outside a cafe and in a restaurant with fans, as well as going swimming near Dalkey with his clothes in a bag from Irish grocery store SuperValu.
One fan tweeted: ‘Matt Damon going swimming near #Dalkey with his togs in a SuperValuIRL bag – fitting right in!’
Another wrote: ‘Matt Damon (huge fan) in Dalkey with a Supervalue bag made my day. Just speaks to how human we all are. This virus has no selectivity, does not discriminate and affects us all over the world. I hope Matt is enjoying his stay here.’
The tickled star weighed in on rumours that he was carrying beers in the SuperValu bag when he was snapped by a fan.
He said: ‘That bag, we just had a the towels. I was with the kids, we were taking a dip there. We didn’t show up with beach bags, we were just improvising…
‘I’m sure there were cans in there originally, we just had to take them out to put the beach towels in.’
The star, worth an estimated $160million, has also reportedly been seen jogging around Dalkey. Matt visited the Corner Note Cafe with his family on March 15 and happily posed for a photo with waitress Mary Caviston.
Family: Matt had been isolating in with wife of 14 years Luciana and their daughters Isabella, 13, Gia, 11, and Stella, nine (pictured together in Santa Monica in February)
She told the Irish Mail On Sunday she was ‘surprised’ when she realised the man at table 92 was the Hollywood icon. She said: ‘He came in at about 9.30 on a Sunday morning. It was 15 March so just two days before we went into lockdown.
‘He was with his wife and his beautiful children, there were six of them in total, he was the last in and he was wearing a baseball cap, and I did catch the American accent but other than that he was just like any other customer.
‘He had a beautiful family. They were all impeccably mannered, so polite, unassuming just really lovely people.’
Surprise guest: During his time in Ireland Matt has surprised locals by visiting some of the hotspots, having originally journeyed to Dublin for filming commitments (pictured March 15)