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All the King's Men (1949)

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Drama about the rise and fall of a corrupt southern governor who promises his way to power....

After Ireland: Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present

Declan Kiberd

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Ireland is suffering a crisis of authority. Catholic Church scandals, political corruption, and...

Naturalst's Guide to the Garden Birds of Britain & Northern Europe

Peter Goodfellow

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An easy-to-use identification guide to 90 bird species most commonly seen in or over the gardens of...

Pilgrim Paths in Ireland: A Guide: From Slieve Mish to Skellig Michael

John G. O'Dwyer

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The popularity of the Camino de Santiago has prompted renewed interest in pilgrim walks in Ireland....

Nick Offerman recommended The Quiet Man (1952) in Movies (curated)

The Quiet Man (1952)

1952 | Classics, Comedy, Drama

8.7

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"Taking a slight turn, I love the John Wayne film The Quiet Man. It’s quite something. It’s a John Ford movie, it’s John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. It’s kind of like John Wayne’s Brigadoon. He plays this boxer who killed a man in the ring in the States, and so, to escape his past, he moves to his ancestral little home in Ireland. It’s this quaint little village, and I believe it’s called Innisfree — I know Innisfree is from a Yeats poem, and it sort of represents the small Irish town of heaven; it’s sort of a fantastical place — but the town in The Quiet Man is Innisfree, which makes sense. So he goes there to escape his past, falls in love, of course, with Maureen O’Hara — who wouldn’t? — and her brother turns out to be the enormous, pugilistic, evil, Bluto-like landlord. So the movie cannot be resolved, nor can their love, without one final fistfight. It’s funny; just the other day, I sent a message to my agent, “Remake idea: The Quiet Man?” I have two fists. I can swagger."

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