Hillsborough Classic Films - The Searchers

The Quiet Man. On December 10 we'll see The Quiet Man, also starring John Wayne, a romantic comedy set in the Ireland of Ford's parents. We have two speakers who will share the floor on this, Mick and Kate Carroll, the owners of Radius in town, and they are uniquely situated to throw light on the context here. Mick, after all, was born in Ireland and learned the culinary arts there; in fact, he worked in the kitchen of the restuarant of Ashford Castle, a luxury hotel in Cong, County Mayo, where the movie was filmed