A bidding war has erupted for The Quiet Man bar in County Mayo – with one prospective bar emerging from as far away as Florida.

The original manuscript which inspired the Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne movie “The Quiet Man” is on display in Listowel, County Kerry. 

How did Irish men ever get the reputation for being quiet? Anyone with actual on the ground experience of the nation knows that, like the Rolling Stones song, once you start them up they never stop. 

Irish screen legend Maureen O’Hara,92, the flame-haired siren best known for her role opposite John Wayne in “The Quiet Man”, is joining the John Wayne Birthplace along with her family in Winterset, Iowa on May 24 & 25 for their annual John Wayne birthday celebration.

The most famous pub in Ireland is for sale – 60 years after John Wayne put it on the worldwide map.

Famed Hollywood director Martin Scorsese has said ‘The Quiet Man’ is one of the greatest movies of all time and that the on screen relationship between Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne is very powerful. He was speaking in a new documentary ‘Dreaming the Quiet Man’ which has just been released to mark the 60th anniversary of the film.

One of the leading voices in Irish cinema has described ‘Quiet Man’ star Maureen O’Hara as a feminist icon.

Ashford Castle, a five-star Irish hotel made famous in the classic movie "The Quiet Man" went on the market last week for 25 million euros ($32.46 million) - half the price paid for it in 2007 by property developer Gerry Barrett.

A petition has been initiated to have John Ford’s classic Irish movie “The Quiet Man” added to the United States National Film Registry, part of the Library of Congress, to mark the movie’s 60th anniversary.

Sixty years after housing the iconic romance of John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in ‘The Quiet Man,’ the cottage of White O’Morn finally faces restoration. The thatched house has lain empty, growing ever more decrepit, for the past 27 years.

Step aside America – Northern Ireland is home to the most fervent fans of The Quiet Man movie.

The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd writes this Sunday that she thought that the impact of the John Ford movie ’The Quiet Man’ had long since disappeared.

A new documentary ‘Dreaming the Quiet Man’ provides a one-of-a-kind look into the makings of the famed Irish film ‘The Quiet Man.’ Directed by John Ford, who famously didn’t give interviews, the film is breathed new life decades after its creation via the documentary.

It the sort of development that would have set Maureen O'Hara's flame haired Quiet Man heroine on a tirade, but nonetheless the Irish film festival which honors the screen icon has been called off at the eleventh hour.

A new documentary which charts John Ford’s making of “The Quiet Man” is set to be released in Ireland on June 10.

The John Wayne Birthplace, in Winterset, Iowa, will be celebrating the legendary actor's birthday with a lavish salute to the enduring 1952 film classic, "The Quiet Man" over two days.