Quiet Man Cottage
Museum
Quiet Man
Heritage
Circular Road, Cong,
County Mayo, Ireland
Visit the Quiet Man Cottage Museum and relive life in
Cong as it was in 1951.
Guided Tours
To take our tour please come to the Quiet Man Cottage
Museum, Circular Road in Cong Village.
Guided tours for pre-booked groups around Cong village
visit locations from the film such as the dying man's house,
Innisfree, Castletown, the river fight scene, hats in the
air scene, Reverend Playfairs house, Pat Cohan's Bar and
many more.
After the tour explore the Quiet Man Cottage Museum and
take in some of the local history.
The 35 minute tour contains lots of information and
stories from the making of the Quiet Man, and is a real trip
into the past. Let our guide take you on a nostalgic journey
into the past.
Dry Canal Cong
Newspaper Articles
(1951)
Get a feeling of what life in Cong was like during the
filming, by reading from some of the many local newspaper
articles of the time.
Sample headings include
- Hollywood takes over village of Cong
- Film bar was but a mirage
- Hollywood invasion of Maam Valley
- Ireland to star in 'The Quiet Man'
- Film makers at Ballyglunnin
- Hollywood stars for concert
- Film chief praises Irish scenery
- Cong now full of shining lights
- Moycullen girl's film part
- Film stars arriving at the week-end
- Last of the Quiet Men arrives
- Wanted a wooden bedstead
- Guards in the films
- What Ward Bond had to say
- Hollywood glamour is make believe
Read on in the Quiet Man Cottage Museum and experience
for yourself this unique journey through cinema history.
Archives
Other archival treasures in the Museum include
- Original first edition of Maurice Walsh's Short Story
Collection
- The Story of Maurice Walsh
- The Story of Richard Farrelly - author of The Isle
of Innisfree
- Costumes of the time by O'Máilles of
Galway
Costumes available for you to wear in the cottage by the
fireplace for photographs
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Open Daily from 10am - 5pm
For other museums in County Mayo visit the Museums
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