As he gets ready for the Fastnet Film Festival, director Stephen Frears tells Esther McCarthy about his work on such movies such as Philomena and The Snapper, as well as his new-found love for West Cork

A cattle rustler who stole cattle from an elderly neighbour is being shunned in his local community by former friends and acquaintances.

From zip-lining to horse riding, the scene is set for family fun, Esther N McCarthy lived it up like a movie star at Ashford Castle.

John Dolan provides an insight into the brilliance of Henry Ford, whose confidence in his ability and approach to business made him one of the world’s wealthiest men.

Maureen O’Hara’s legacy as one of the most famous stars of Hollywood’s golden era has been further cemented, after an auction of the late actress’s personal belongings sold for almost €420,000.

In remaking classic western, The Magnificent Seven, the director and cast had to bring something different to the table, writes Helen Barlow

Kya deLongchamps takes a look at the work of the late, great Maureen O’Hara and John Ford’s fictional Inisfree — ‘another name for Heaven’. 

Tributes to screen legend Maureen O’Hara, who died at the age of 95, were led by President Micheal D Higgins.

In day four of our special report on rural Ireland we visit Ballydehob, Co. Cork. From Danno to fests, this village has history, writes Michael Clifford

Developments across the water caught my eye last week, specifically some news filtering out of Newcastle and Glasgow.

Cork-based couple Nora and Katriona go for a casino-themed event on Don’t Tell The Bride, on RTÉ2 on Thursday.

IF Percy French’s venerable sparring partners Abdul Abulbul Amir and Ivan Skavinsky Skavar still get together for a Christmas jaw-wag, to talk about old, old times when men were men, “when that son of the desert, in battle aroused, could spit 20 men on his spear”, it’s hard to think that those noble cuirassiers would go anywhere other than a proper, belt-stretching steakhouse.

Screen actress Maureen O’Hara has received her first Oscar aged 94.

Unitarian Church, Cork

A West Corkestate that includes the ancestral home of motor manufacturing pioneer Henry Ford, and linked to Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Imperial Call, is being offered for sale for €9m.

In a visitor attitude survey carried out by Fáilte Ireland in 2010, 20% of overseas visitors said their holiday decisions were influenced by film and television. Film tourism, or “set-jetting”, has become big business by raising the awareness of previously little known tourist destinations, and prompting a surge of visitors to their locations.

Joe Dermody and family enjoyed some relaxation time at Lisloughrey Lodge in Mayo.

Steven Spielberg is planning a remake of 'The Grapes of Wrath'.

JOHN Wayne’s sons, Patrick and Ethan, will be chief honorees at the second John Ford Ireland Symposium in Dublin this weekend.

SATURDAY

The manuscript of a short story — which later inspired the popular film The Quiet Man — went on public display in Listowel, Co Kerry, last night.

Toddies at the Bulman, Summercove, Kinsale, Co Cork; 021-4772131, thebulman.ie

The shortlist for the 40 categories in the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards has been revealed this morning.

Hollywood director Martin Scorsese has dubbed the famous clinch between Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne in The Quiet Man as one of the best onscreen kisses in cinematic history.

Nasa has beamed back a set of spectacular pictures from Mars — and a first voice message — likening it to the lunar landmark led by Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon who died last week.

A three-storey building housing 200 tiny works of art has been transformed into a Museum of Miniature for one week as part of Skibbereen Arts Festival.

In the wake of Henry Hill’s death, John Daly reflects on the greatest gangster film of all time, now 40 years old

TO WRITE about Harvey Weinstein is to face, first, the history of past brutalities.

Stephen Rea plays a detective who dreams of arresting Butch Cassidy in the atmospheric western, Blackthorn, says Pádraic Killeen

Theatrical legends Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod tell Pádraic Killeen about signing up Robert Pattinson to star in their screen debut

The Innocent Eye Test by Mark Tansey makes John Vaughan smile every time he sees it.

BAMBI, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world’s largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.

CHRISTMAS EVE

IT will be “business as normal” at the five-star Ashford Castle Hotel, receivers appointed to the leading European hotel said yesterday.

SCREEN legend Maureen O’Hara has made an emotional return to Cong — 60 years after she first set foot there to film The Quiet Man.

TOURISM chiefs in Cong have predicted their biggest windfall ever next weekend, as 4,000 film fans flock to meet screen legend Maureen O’Hara at the 60th anniversary celebrations of The Quiet Man.

SIXTY years ago, during the sun-splashed summer of 1951, the first of the trucks that would change Cong forever rumbled into town.

DANIEL Craig fantasised about being a cowboy when he was a boy, and for longer than he ever dreamed of becoming James Bond.

ONE of the earliest films made by British master director Alfred Hitchcock has been found in New Zealand, researchers said.

Adrian Frazier does a fine job in bringing to life John Ford and others involved in the remarkable links between the Abbey and Hollywood, says Val Nolan