Quiet men and blaguards - “The Quiet Man” and “A Couple of Blaguards” in NYC

Cahir O'Doherty ponders the perpetration of the myth of the "quiet" Irishman

It being an Irish play, it happens to music, and you can certainly think of A Couple Of Blaguards as an overture for the books that turned the literary world on their head in the 1990s. 

But in a way, both men had been preparing to play their respective roles all of their lives. For years Malachy had held forth behind his bar and brother Frank behind his teacher’s desk, all the while in preparation for a swansong unlike anything seen before in Irish literature. 

There’s a particularly poignant and appropriate reason for this four performances only revival of the play now, with all proceeds from the shows to benefit the Breezy Point Hurricane Sandy victims through the Emerald Isle Immigration Center.

The center’s funds are currently helping Breezy Point victims with making rent, finding alternative accommodations and purchasing building supplies. Any additional donations will aid the entire Rockaway community by restoring the basketball courts in partnership with GAA. 

Even now the McCourts’ unforgettable stories have lost none of their power to help and heal. 

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