TWO years ago Maureen O’Hara checked into the Ashford Castle hotel to stay in the room she called home during the filming of The Quiet Man.

A Quiet Man festival is launching an X Factor-style search for Ireland’s bestMichaeleen Flynn lookalike.

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

The Maureen O’Hara Classic Film Festival opens this weekend. Marc O’Sullivan meets the lively actress.

A replica of the original pub that featured in 'The Quiet Man' film has been built by fans in Co Mayo.

FANS of The Quiet Man film - set in Ireland in 1951 - plan to dub the John Ford classic into the Irish language.

Fans of The Quiet Man film – set in Ireland in 1951 – plan to dub the John Ford classic into the Irish language, it emerged today.

Fans of the film The Quiet Man – set in Ireland in 1951 – plan to dub it into the Irish language, it emerged tonight.