ACTION is being taken to provide coastal protection for Inch Beach in Co Kerry where David Lean filmed part of Ryan’s Daughter.

TWICE Oscar-winning director David Lean, whose films also include Doctor Zhivago and A Passage To India, chose the Dingle Peninsula as the location for Ryan’s Daughter because of its rugged scenery and the Atlantic backdrop.

Ryan’s Daughter is being celebrated in Kerry this weekend, but what impact did the classic epic have on the poor, little-visited region where it was made, asks Donal Hickey.

MEMORIES of heady days in the late 1960s when the cinematic epic Ryan’s Daughter was shot on the Dingle Peninsula will be recalled when one of the stars, Sarah Miles, returns next month.

THE reshowing of the film, Ryan’s Daughter, for the umpteenth time over Easter was a reminder of the magnificence of Irish beaches. Worth looking at for that alone.

A stylish re-issue of the l966 classic, with Hemmings as a brilliant if cold photographer who snaps a couple in the park and opens a can of dangerous worms.

A new print of Ryan’s Daughter, the 1970 epic love story directed by David Lean is being screened by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles next month.