A Tune from The Quiet Man starring John Wayne

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Hello all,

I am trying to find out what the name of a certain tune is that’s found in the movie The Quiet Man. When Sean goes to retrieve his wife from the train station, Mickaleen O’Finn ( I know I probably spelled his name wrong ..sorry) is sitting on the steps to Sean’s cottage humming an Irish tune. I don’t know what it is though. I thought that others who had seen this movie might know what it is. If anybody knows and could tell me that would be so great, … I won’t have to lay awake at night anymore thinking about it lol.

THANKS!!
Rose :astonished:

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Check here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004X0L1/002-6427184-1655223?v=glance

Scroll down to see the songs on the soundtrack, with samples you can listen to.

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The tune through that scene is Rakes of Mallow, if memory serves.

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And a foine tune it is!

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I know some of you think it’s trite, but I love that movie and Trooper Thornton and his usual gang as well.

Philo

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Ah yes, The Quiet Man… Dubhlinn’s favorite movie! :smiling_imp:

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Actually my wife and I watched it Saturday night. It’s a sweet movie. We saw it last year in Glendalough at a B&B there. They had no television reception but they had a closet full of movies and a VCR. My wife had never seen it before so I finally got her to watch it with me. Now it brings back wonderful memories of her first time in Ireland and a cozy little B&B with the rainy wind howling outside, and The Quiet Man charming us.

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Thank you all for the help…Ahhhhh now me moind can rest atease…at least on that riddle …lol Now the riddle of the crans heh heh






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Philo

Actually my wife and I watched it Saturday night. It’s a sweet movie. We saw it last year in Glendalough at a B&B there. They had no television reception but they had a closet full of movies and a VCR. My wife had never seen it before so I finally got her to watch it with me. Now it brings back wonderful memories of her first time in Ireland and a cozy little B&B with the rainy wind howling outside, and The Quiet Man charming us.

Years ago, I was traveling across Ireland by train reading ‘Seek the Fair Land’ by Walter Macken (I think) which is about some refugees of Cromwell’s destruction of Drogheda and their flight across the country to Donegal, if I recall. Very intense, gut-wrenching book, nothing like The Quiet Man.
Tony

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Is this movie worth a watch?, the fact that John Waynes in it sort of hinders me. He never struck me as a true Irish boy-o.

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I picked up that book last year at the Rock of Cashel. It’s now one of my favorite books, although that whole trilogy is excellent. The first one is the best, though, by far. And you’re right, nothing like the Quiet Man.

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Depends. The Quiet Man is probably about as Irish as Brigadoon is Scottish. But if you can get past the stereotypes and just enjoy the tales, they’re both fun movies.