Maureen O'Hara on Irish TV 1989

Our friends at RTE tell us the original tape of this show was removed from the archives vault by a trusted GAA culchie (whose name is not worthy to appear here) and used to record a gaelic football match.
This VHS clip seems to be all there is of the show.
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[@irishgranny23]

Even as an older lady she was still stunning.

[@mickeysantana725]

Omg the quiet man is a classic and today 2023 I still watch it 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💋

[@cc83jc85]

2024!!!

[@briancostigan1844]

My favourite actress a beautiful person to look at,she had an amazing memory.The Quiet Man was a fantastic movie one of the best!!

[@silencedogood5766]

What a wonderful woman she was salt of the earth and genuine as the day is long!

[@johnakerman5428]

I love the fact that even after all those years in America she retained her wonderful Irish accent.

[@kellybrown8638]

She was an actress.... she was much more "Irish" speaking to an Irish audience

[@wilfredwilde9559]

She knew how to charm people that’s for sure . Charles Laughton chose her from headshots for Jamaica Inn because she had such expressive eyes .Which she had .I think she was nineteen at the time .

[@saturn3344]

It is kind of mixed.

[@lifeisgood5288]

She was such a great actress and so beautiful

[@MrFlyme123]

I got to talk to her when she called Alaska Airlines to book a flight reservation. We had a nice conversation. She was a gracious lady. I told her my favorite movie was The Quiet Man.

[@deedee22599]

Loved this woman. Would make you proud to be Irish. So happy to have met her. ❤️

[@dr.phil-federalinspector6023]

Ah Lassie..you are now and forever in the Irish history books..as A Beautiful, Wonderous ..Lady And Hollywood Actress...may you Shine forever...

[@eddie12454]

Still a lovely Irish colleen. Ford made the most of her beauty and character.

[@deborahpacheco2799]

I agree with her comments about the nudity and vulgarity in movies today. Good for her to speak out about this!

[@chuckfrost5624]

The chemistry between maureen O'hare and John Wayne was incredible. Maureen played a strong feminine woman in "the Quiet Man"and John Wayne played a strong masculine man in the same film. The women today are masculine and the men are feminine.There is very little good male, female chemistry in films today. That era is long gone

[@nebularain3338]

So Jason Momoa is feminine? Scarlett Johansen is masculine? Cut the bullshit and just say you're a cloud shouting old bastard who needs to shit on the younger generation to feel important. The world has changed, so deal with it.

[@moemcgovern7345]

Maureen was So Beautiful and I'm proud to share her name.

[@roberthayes9842]

My favourite stunning actress even today

[@darlenejustason4395]

Love Maureen O’Hara she is one lovely lady that’s down to earth.

[@wayupnorth9420]

Really just a wonderful lady. She lived her life on her terms and lived a happy life because of it.

[@victormagana3972]

She is still a very attractive and beautiful lady. as a young boy I had a crush on her. There will never be another on like her.

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

She just like an ordinary Irish woman who became a Hollywood star, its really incredible when you think about it from an Irish perspective.

[@troyoneill2679]

One of my Favorite Films of All Time, One of my Favorite John Wayne Films (along with The Searchers). I was in love with her as a boy.

[@alswann2702]

My favorite actress of all time. Thanks for sharing.

[@philsooty5421]

She was the most beautiful woman not only in looks alone!

[@JasonDunlop247]

Maureen O'Hara comes across as a really nice lady. God Bless both Maureen & the great Gay Byrne 🙏

[@nealgarner6431]

The greatest speech Maureen made was when she went to us congress to get medal to get John Wayne recognition just put John Wayne American

[@suesturges6022]

Saw that KZbin recently. Made hubby and I both got tearful! She was really a tomboy! I bet she was a lot of fun.

[@dalehoward3704]

She was gorgeous throughout her life! Great actress and personality !!!

[@jerrilynernsting903]

So good to watch a great film since i was a kid on every st. Patricks day afterwe ate st.pats dinner march 17th.

[@sophiabradshaw4039]

John Wayne said that Maureen O’Hara was quite a beauty.

[@davidswift7776]

Still gorgeous and loved her natural Irish accent ! What a wonderful clip from “The Quiet Man”…. Genuinely a wonderful woman on and off the screen !

[@davidoconnell4100]

A formidable woman. The story of her running her airline is wild.

[@Highvoltage764]

The absolute most gorgeous lady of all time I am gonna have to go back and try to watch all her movies

[@Rachel-ig2uq]

I know I'm a year late for Ur comment, just come across this video. What an amazing idea. Binge watch all her films what a wonderful way to spend a day xxx

[@georgeyounes298]

A gracious, strong, and absolutely beautiful woman. The Duke and Maureen, CHEMISTRY ABOUNDS! Love it.

[@shaneoneill299]

I love this interview- love it, thank 3for publishing it

[@TheRealist2022]

My God she was a stunningly beautiful woman even in 1989

[@hansedvard2623]

If you have no already seen it, take a look at Maureen on "This is your life"..............she was a stunner.

[@shelovezcandy2852]

Seems like a formidable woman. She made a great, range of films.

[@Darksideadept]

Thank you for sharing the video of my aunt. I shared it on my timeline.

[@jerrilynernsting903]

Loved maureen ohara since i was a kid saw quiet man...also john wayne...

[@orchardist6559]

So natural. Just Wonderful. Thank you for posting.

[@tejpalsingh8467]

I totally agree with you Maureen

[@wespenn7243]

I Love Maureen O"Hara!

[@patsmith5947]

My whole family loved The Quiet Man and it’s the main movie we have always remembered and talked about for years. But of course my dad was half Irish so we really loved anything Irish. We loved when an Irish priest came to visit at church because we loved the sound of their speaking. I took science instead of Latin.

[@jamesmooney8933]

She was one great woman.

[@patnbutch4ever]

I love this movie so much

[@Shelmalier10]

A lovel lady. It's clear from the interview that Maureen is from 13 Lower Churchtown Road, Milltown. The family moved to Ranelagh after she had gone to America.

[@suesturges6022]

Love her and John Wayne together!!!!

[@lifeisgood5288]

Back when actors and actresses had values

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Maureen O'Hara's first film was Jamaica Inn with Charles Laughton I believe. I have it on DVD. Good film and stunning lady.

[@AhavahShalom]

A true no nonsense woman of integrity, a damn good role model for all womenkind.

[@mbb2404]

I watcher The Quiet Man again today. Its my favourite movie ❤❤❤

[@slomo1562]

Loved her bone marrow pitch.

[@wotbloke]

Yes, The Quiet Man is a lovely film, I used to watch it on actual film. People only became Quiet Man mad after the film was released on home video. There were no Quiet Man shops etc. in Cong when I used to visit there - the commercialization now is sickening and they should be ashamed. The only souvenir I could find worth taking home was one of the iron windows from the cottage used, which I still have.

[@fairwayray]

A classy woman.

[@siral4487]

Loved the quiet man ,she was a stunner.

[@freemebaby26]

Just been to Cong in Ireland where this film was made , its is such a beautiful place .There is a small museum there about this film with artifacts in it .There is, also a statue off John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara at a corner of one streets there !

[@owenmccafferty9295]

How can anyone not LOVE this woman? Quiet Man was also my favorite. She reminds me of my dear mother and also my Aunt Mary in expression and mannerism. My family is all from Achill.

[@brianboyd7893]

Every year on St. Patricks Day. I have my cornbeef and cabbage. And I watch the Quiet Man. One of my favorite movies of all time.

[@ljh45s]

She was the best , does was the good days when moves was real good, what a wonderful lady she was, may she rest in peace,

[@josephmcfarland8442]

They don't make them like that anymore

[@josephmcfarland8442]

Loved her

[@danhorne3582]

Love Mo . Thank you .

[@zyxw2024]

Her name is Maureen, don.

[@AliceTolson]

Thank you for sharing..this rare interview..she was an amazing actress and woman. ❤.i can see why John Wayne was friends with her..they were both incredible people.

[@aislingdalton4819]

Victor mclaglan was 34 years older than o hara yet her brother

[@zyxw2024]

It happens.

[@jerrilynernsting903]

Loved john wayne a maureen ohara

[@michaeldavis1609]

What a stunning beutiful amazing woman😍

[@crieff1sand2s56]

I remember Jamaica Inn 1 of her first movies....great person......👍

[@marymayer2282]

Have never seen Jamaica inn that's on my bucket list to watch

[@marymayer2282]

What' a beautiful charming sensible refined gracious woman a great lady!!!!🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@glrturner801]

Loved this movie and the actors!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jimkeappock7558]

A beautiful woman and a magnificent actress, but she had a fiery Irish temper, if you got on her bad side!!

[@jerrilynernsting903]

Loved this moviesince it come out1950s

[@lydialily846]

Aw both are passed now & we will never have another like Gay Byrne ,, he was a one off ...

[@shirleywright4750]

A beautiful lady still

[@sandrashevey8252]

Interesting that she TYPED JOhn Ford`s script of `The Quiet Man`...I think the affection both she and Duke have for the film shows in the acting. Again, I say it. Interesting to learn she typed the script, shopped it and did it for a flat fee. I saw the film in first run when I was age 8. Loved it then. Love it now. Re: The Princess Cinema in Dublin. O`Hara then using her real name was a regular as was a friend of mine Margaret Canning. Canning knew O`Hara when she was a brunette and before she embarked on a film career. Lots of great storeis. Love this interview. Love Irish TV. So frank. So robust. Probably has changed now what with PC and all.

[@williamf4544]

Lovely lady - she must have came from an Irish family with a little bit of money - there wasnt many of them about in them days

[@patraic5241]

What a Lady.

[@james-bw2rl]

You just can't beat the orish

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

I will bet she is the reason why singer Maureen McGovern (born July 27, 1949) got her first name.

[@danielbisson8032]

she was very opiniated person

[@pearldiver1006]

The only woman that was almost as beautiful as my mom. Women this is how it's done.

[@tomrucco6490]

Yes

[@diannemarshall4078]

She is Beautiful Smart and One Great Lady. I hsd the pleasure of of meeting her in Long Island City at the Sea Food Crab House. She is one elegant Lady. In person BESUTIFUL Beautiful.

[@james-bw2rl]

That's what you call being irish is all abour

[@jerrilynernsting903]

Best movie quiet man w the duke

[@marymayer2282]

Forgot about The movie sittin pretty another good movie ❤❤

[@marymayer2282]

Loved her in The parent trap. Quiet man Spencer's mountain mcklintock the Christmas box only the lonely miracle on 34 th St All my favorites of her's didn't care for the more adventurous swashbuckler type movies just because I don't care for that type of movie though she' was always good and she looked gorgeous

[@quinoarnau450]

Una gran señora.

[@arkle6109]

She is 70 here but looks 40

[@elizabethconde8841]

Think she was 80. Born on 1920

[@Bandomeme]

Elizabeth Conde and this interview was in 1989, so she was 69.

[@zyxw2024]

She didn't look age 40. She's youthful, looking age 70.

[@kenopsia6748]

i just saw an interview with her and john wayne and she has another accent. did she change it depending on where she was at?

[@freemebaby26]

❤❤

[@gnomedeguerre2482]

What a fantastic lady.

[@mariamorizzi6519]

THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A REAL LADY THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER MAUREEN .

[@sivenareid1866]

She was great the best

[@Chris-ji4iu]

What a lovely woman. "Believe in God and fight like a tiger!"

[@elizabethjohnson9439]

Firey Redhead, she was stunning.

[@jerrilynernsting903]

So good alwsys watched quiet manas a kid a im 100percent irish...ooneill a dunworth

[@Noname-dz6ie]

Beautiful lady ...

[@sparrowgael]

John Wayne played characters who were okay with brutalizing women and if he was okay with playing those kinds of men, it makes me wonder what kind of man he was. It was confusing for little girls to grow up seeing this ubiquitous "leading man"; this so called 'man's man' pulling women's hair; spanking them; throwing them down; dragging them by their collars...is that how men who love women treat them? We tolerated brutality from men because we were raised to see it as romantic and it NEVER was. The Quiet Man movie is a gem; it is a classic and it should never be remade. But it should be understood that no woman should ever tolerate being treated the way John Wayne treated them in film.

[@themadfarmer5207]

I have seen Quiet Man a few times and love it, but was always appalled by scene of Wayne dragging O Hara by the collar to dump her back to her brother. There was no real story , a lot of stage Oirishness and begorrah thing was overdone. The brawls were probably the macho man thing of films of the era. But. ??? No mention appear in the credits for the composer of the most beautiful melody, Inishfree would T Q Man be so memorable without it? Maureen was of course a stunning beauty, and the scenery was awesome

[@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh]

A great fairy tale.

[@timothylines631]

codos to mr. ford the greatest of them all.

[@windstorm1000]

Maureen O Hara what can one say??? The "whooing scene" (lol) here of her and Duke has to be the most unique in hwood history. Lol. You dont hear her accent at all in miracle on thirty fourth st!!

[@tannertuner]

On how much current stars make.... “I think it’s sinful....and after the taxes paid to the government there’s not that much left...” She fit the mold of her colleague Ronald Reagan. He liked the concept of the Laffer Curve theory of maximizing tax revenues because he had seen his Hollywood friends refuse to make but one movie a year. Otherwise, with top tax rates of 70-92%, all of the money from a 2nd movie would go to pay taxes. So he fixed it so that Hollywood entertainers, athletes and CEOs could start taking as much money as they wanted. He missed the whole point that by refusing to make a 2nd movie every year, it opened up opportunities for other actors who would have otherwise been waiting tables and paying nothing in taxes.

[@sirjimgreen2275]

Do not believe that they were not lovers and these days it would not matter. hope they were.

[@Marlondurran]

Marvolus person.

[@barneyrubbles2485]

so Maureen called john fo called ford a s.o.b she lost her BAP the irish tearm for temper lol.

[@garymazzeo3490]

She looked down on anyone who wasn't Irish