Real Location of John Wayne’s The Quiet Man 🇮🇪 

A cousin of mine was an extra in The Quiet Man! Thank you for this! My mother's whole family lives in County Mayo.

Victor McLaglen was great in this film as well, playing Maureen O'Hara's brother who disliked the Wayne character and refused to pay the dowry. He was also in a terrific film about "the troubles" in the 1935 film The Informer. One of the best films ever made on that subject in which he gave a magnificent performance. The film was also directed by John Ford. Ford received the Oscar for best director and McLaglen for best actor.

John Wayne walked up to me an asked best place to eat? He invited me to visit his yacht. So I did. JW took me to aft stateroom where I was face too face with Ben Johnson. The day was wonderful for me!

pretty town well kept and clean

My favorite movie of all time! I’ve watched it many many times and never get tired of it!

This is so cool! "The Quiet Man" is a great movie. I love how there are humorous touches to pay homage to the movie, like "The Dying Man Cottage" (though the man doesn't end up dying). Now, this video should have concluded with you riding away on your bus as we have one last look at the villagers you came to meet while the cheerful music from the end of the movie plays. "Here's a good stick to beat the lovely lady" - said by a sweet-sounding older lady in the crowd of excited / curious / slightly concerned villagers watching John Wayne dragging Maureen O' Hara (one of his best friends in real life) back to their house. There's much more to this situation - have to watch the movie, and how this scene ends is great.

Awww missed the live! Cong looks so pretty. Thanks for the tour.

Ariel, missed this live, if you haven't seen 'The Quiet Man' give it a go, it's a good film, if I remember correctly Maureen O'Hara had a few brothers in the film, in one scene she's serving whole cooked potatoes to them, some of them hit the plates, some don't! Their 1st 'date' had to be chaperoned-hopefully your future Scottish wife won't throw potatoes at you, and you'll not need a chaperone for your 1st date 🤭😳😂I've been to Cong - very nice little village, nice river too😊

This is amazing. I am always happy when you post something new. Thanks a lot!

Loved your Ireland content! Slamming the like button.

Ford had hoped to film “How Green Was My Valley” in Wales but it was wartime. It won Best Movie Academy Award. Everyone had English accents, but few people knew what a Welsh accent sounded like.

Thanks for doing this video. This was actually my late Fathers favorite movie of all time

One of my fav old movies, visually beautiful with excellent cast & director. I recommend it.

Thanks for this video. I have been to Cong about 20 years ago and it looks like not much has changed in this delightful little Irish town.

Ariel This was my late Fathers favourite movie. The Quiet Man Fight scene was vintage John Wayne v Victor McLaglen. Victor was a true Cockney born in Stepney, East L0ndon in 1886 Great Stream Ariel. When you are back in New York I see Bryant Park are getting the Ice Rink ready. Stay safe Best wishes Regards Lee

A relation of mine appeared in a small part in this film The Quiet Man.

One of my all time favorite movies, and in the horse race scene you see young Pat Wayne and one of Wayne’s daughters. It’s a great funny sweet film, and very romantic. Thanks for this. First time on your channel.

amazing tour very, thank you for sharing

This is wonderful! I was hoping someone would do what your doing. I am elated to see this town! Great info and job well done.❤🍀🍀🍀

Thank you for this vlog….one of my favorite movies…if you haven’t seen it, please do!

We took a tour of Ireland with CIE bus tours years ago. One of our stops was in Cong where we took the Quiet Man tour. Pat Cohan's was a closed grocery store at the time with plans to turn it into an actual bar, which it had never been. The church in the film was a protestant Church of Ireland church, and they had to move the holy water font from the Catholic church to the outside of the protestant church for a famous scene in the film. They forgot to put the font back after the scene and that caused a bit of a fuss the next Sunday. The houses used for the Danaher and Reverend Playfair residences were pointed out.. The ruined abbey of course was used for the kiss in the rain scene. They had members of the tour re-enact scenes from the movie at the quiet man cottage. I think we took a spin through the grounds of Ashford castle where some of the scenes were shot. It was interesting to see how they were able to create the sense of a much bigger space by careful aiming of the camera. Towards the end the bus driver asked if I could have the tour members gather on a little bridge. It is just up from the Quiet Man Cottage on the left hand side (you can see it at 16:53 with green railings). I had noticed a line down the middle separating Galway from Mayo. So in keeping with the spirit of the tour, I asked if they should gather on the Galway Side or the Mayo side. The bus tour was interesting and I would recommend a CIE tour for a first visit to Ireland as a good introduction and overview.

when u walked up the street from the dying mans house..that red car beside the flag is the very spot where john Wayne and Maureen filmed the very last scene in Ireland..when they came into town on the jaunting car and shes telling Sean to get the money from her brother and she goes to hit him with the whip and then he has to go walking...another thing the shop across the road in the film which is across the road from the red car...was called Emily o connor in the film..but that wasn't the shops name..that was the shop owners mothers name..he wanted to see his mothers name on the big screen.

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The best fight scene in a movie 🧡

My cousin found most of the places the little bridge and the cottage, it is now crumbled but the front wall is still in place

Awesome! Yesterday was st. paddy's day. I"m sure I'm just one of many who watch "The Quiet Man" yearly. Thanks!!!

Hi I'm watching from cork city Ireland love seeing videos like this I love the quiet man and Ryan's daughter especially the history of the making ...

John Wayne a legend 🇺🇸💪

Watching from orlando fl good video,liked all your Ireland's videos

My hubby's favorite movie. We went to Ireland for my 50th bday and of course had to make it to Cong. Love this video. ❤❤❤

Watching from Illinois. USA

I visited Cong last year...very nice small city to visit..

Quaint little town. This is a prime example of why we don't book tours. We want to relax & casually explore till our hearts' content. Even more so when we take a vacation. The point for us is to get away from deadlines & micromanagement. To simply just be for awhile.

Great loved it one of the great movies ever

Very good video Watching from Kinlochleven near Glencoe Scotland.

Cape Cod. One of my favorite movies.

Enjoyed that thanks

Hi Ariel

Interesting!

My favorite movie , thank you Ariel for sharing the information about the film , xoxo

Enjoy this

Watched it every March💕🍀

This video was so interesting, I love it 🥰

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I loved the movie!

Just wondered whena

Pico, Rivera, California next to LA

Yeah, and I missed the stream lol

Did they actually film the interior of Cohan’s or was it a soundstage? From what I’ve heard all the interior scenes were shot in Hollywood on sound stages.

interesting video. thanks

Would have been nice to have then and now shots

The film was made in 1951 and released in 1952.

What are the best months to visit Ireland weather wise?

Heres a stick to beat the lovely lady, great movie

Didn't I see the tandem bike they used ?

Hi alexis from Puerto Rico

Will Dannagher is Mary Kate's brother, not his father.

Just been watching .were was the original house John wayne bought in the film .In the film I'm sure the dying man was in bed upstairs ,maybe wrong .I love this film watch it alot with my dad before he passed 💚🙏💚

Hi Ariel hope you are enjoying you’re time in IRELAND will you be coming to limerick ?

I'm watching this from NW Washington State. An by all chances I'm watching quite man on DVD right now. He was just stupid throwing rock through his own window? Yeah, doesn't everyone buy new place an throw rocks at windows? Who wrote this thing, McLean's horse?

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Sean Thornton

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some dude walking through the movie town when he clearly hasn't watched the movie....ugh YT sucks.

Sorry but i would NEVER compare Robert downey jnr to john wayne,you might as well compare Robbie williams to frank sinatra😮

All these comments and none about the fact of the location. Do your research, you are all acting like outsiders🇨🇮🍀✊🏽

But john wayne was six feet four ? He doesn't look it by comparison with co star . The statue follows a picture on a bill for the show and saves use of excess medium ? .Admittedly a quoted 77 kg weight on the internet must be wrong? Of course cinematography easily fakes size to make people look appropriately sized for the role.

I appreciate all the sights and info, but the male-dominating b.s. of that film and others like it is horrible, wrong, and has to stop. Men - remember that you were made by a woman. Show some respect.

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