Isn't this just a great video of a wonderful lady!
Maureen O Hara revisited Cong on the 60th anniversary
of the making of the film "The Quiet Man" on 26.08.11.
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[/extendedmedia]With special thanks to Mike Ward
Quotewhat a wonderful festival , and what a wonderful lady is maureen , she gave so much of her time over to the festival weekend in cong , she loved every moment , as we all did too , and on sunday 28th aug , she attended galways premier screening of se merry doyles wonderful movie DREAMING THE QUIET MAN , it was played to a packed house at ashford castle lodge , maureen gave a wonderful speech , she is as funny witty and fiesty as ever , she had us all in the palm of her hand she could make us laugh or cry with her witt and stories of her QUIET MAN movie days in cong in 1951 , she has total recall ability, she even invited questions from the audience and their were quite a few , including one from a devout male fan whom asked maureen [in jest ] WOULD SHE MARRY HIM , maureen deftly responded with a wonderful account of her love for her late husband captain charles blair , and her treasured memories of him as the only man she ever truly loved . i shook hands with maureen , and welcomed her to the screening she gave me a great big warm friendly smile [ we had already met at the gala dinner in glengarriff last december ] as she sat to watch the movie , she loved it , she clapped , laughed and i secretly think she regreted the movie wasent even longer , she recieved a standing ovation as she rose to leave the function room , their was many an emotional tear shed as she was whisked away in the 1932 vintage motorcar , and on to further engagements to do with the festival , what a gracious lady god bless her .
When Mary Kate and the Father spoke in Gaelic
QuoteAt the opening of The Quiet Man Festival in Cong on Friday evening,
you'll be interested to know that Maureen O'Hara recounted this scene
we were discussing the(Irish dialogue in the film) word for word,
the scene where she has to tell the priest her husband slept
in a “mála codlata”, a sleeping bag, on the night of their wedding etc.
Amazing...she remembered every word of it!
QuoteI was delighted to hear her speaking Irish & amazed
she remembered every word...talented lady!
With kind permission of Johanna Ní Mháille