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In 1951, the film director John Ford came to the west of Ireland to film The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. The grounds of the castle, as well as nearby Cong, formed the backdrop for much of the action in the film. [citation needed]
The Quiet Man is a 1952 American [2] romantic comedy drama film directed and produced by John Ford, and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields and Ward Bond.
The Quiet Man Cottage Museum is a museum located in Cong, County Mayo, Ireland. It is a replica of the cottage used in John Ford's 1951 film The Quiet Man starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgerald. [1] It is typical of the Irish cottage of the 1820s featuring a thatched roof with an emerald green half door and whitewashed facade. [2]
(The film is still celebrated by the local "Quiet Man Fan Club"). [8] Roman Catholic records for Cong do not survive from before 1870. Church of Ireland records from the 18th and 19th centuries have survived, however, and are held at the South Mayo Family Research Centre in nearby Ballinrobe.
The Maam Valley features in famous film The Quiet Man, ... Leake, Bernard E., Ryan, P. D.: The Geology of South Mayo, Western Ireland This page was last ...
The station was used during the filming of the film The Quiet Man starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in 1952. [2] As part of the rationalisation of the rail network by Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) in the 1960s and 1970s, the station was closed along with the rest of the line for passenger services in 1976. [3]
The station is sometimes claimed to be a filming location for the 1952 film, The Quiet Man. [8] However, while it may have been initially chosen as a location for the station in the film, [9] it was ultimately rejected in favour of Ballyglunin. The nearby White O'Morn Cottage at Maam was, however, used as a film location. [10]
The 'Quiet Man Bridge' is located 8 kilometres past Oughterard, down the Leam Road, which was the setting for the 1950s film The Quiet Man starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Also close to Oughterard, the Glengowla Mines (abandoned in 1865) is a "show mine" with exhibits on the lead and silver mining history of the area. [5] [6]