Nick Bramhill
The jaunting car featured in the iconic film 'The Quiet Man' has found a home at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa. Photo by: Pictures courtesy of Paddy McCormick, White O'Morn Foundation
One of Maureen O'Hara's final wishes was honored earlier this week, after the iconic jaunting car, which featured in The Quiet Man, was donated to a museum dedicated to her most famous co-star, John Wayne.
The ancient cart had gone missing for decades after it was used in the 1952 John Ford-directed epic in Cong, Co. Mayo, in several memorable courting scenes between the two late actors.
But the treasured keepsake, dating back over 100 years, was discovered in storage in O'Hara's former home in Glengarriff, Co. Cork, shortly before the actress moved to Boise, Idaho, in the U.S. several years ago.
Conor Fitzsimons, O'Hara's grandson, said he was delighted the well-preserved sidecar has been relocated to the John Wayne Birthplace Museum - in The Duke's hometown of Winterset, Iowa.