WATCH: Moby Dick sculpture sees Ahab return to Youghal

A sculpture dedicated to a 1956 film directed by John Huston and starring Gregory Peck will shortly go on display in the town which was one of its main shooting locations.

WATCH: Moby Dick sculpture sees Ahab return to Youghal

A sculpture dedicated to a 1956 film directed by John Huston and starring Gregory Peck will shortly go on display in the town which was one of its main shooting locations.

Youghal, Co Cork, doubled as New Bedford, a town in 19th-century New England, where Captain Ahab (Peck) and his whaling crew were based before encountering the legendary white whale in the titular feature, Moby Dick.

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