<P> One of the conditions that Republic placed on Ford was that the film run under two hours . However, the finished picture was two hours and nine minutes . When screening the film for Republic executives, Ford stopped the film at approximately two hours in, on the verge of the climactic fistfight . Republic executives relented and allowed the film to run its full length . It was one of the few films that Republic filmed in Technicolor; most of the studio's other color films were made in a more economical process known as Trucolor . </P> <P> The film employed many actors from the Irish theatre, including Barry Fitzgerald's brother, Arthur Shields, as well as extras from the Irish countryside, and it is one of the few Hollywood movies in which the Irish language can be heard . </P> <P> Filming commenced on June 7, 1951 . All of the outdoor scenes were shot on location in Ireland in County Mayo and County Galway . The inside scenes were filmed toward the end of July at the Republic Studios in Hollywood . </P> <P> The story is set in the fictitious community of Inisfree . This is not the same as the Lake Isle of Innisfree, a place in Lough Gill on the Sligo--Leitrim border made famous by poet William Butler Yeats, which is a tiny island . Many scenes for the film were actually shot in and around the village of Cong, County Mayo, on the grounds of Cong's Ashford Castle . Cong is now a wealthy small town and the castle a 5 - star luxury hotel . The connections with the film have led to the area becoming a tourist attraction . In 2008, a pub opened in the building used as the pub in the film (it had actually been a shop at the time when the movie was shot); the pub hosts daily re-runs of the film on DVD . The Quiet Man Fan Club holds its annual general meeting in Ashford Castle . Other locations in the film include Thoor Ballylee, Co . Galway, home of poet W.B. Yeats for a period, Ballyglunin railway station near Tuam Co . Galway, which was filmed as Castletown station, and various places in Connemara Co . Galway and Co . Mayo . Among those are Lettergesh beach, where the horse race scene was filmed, the Quiet Man Bridge, signposted off the N59 road between Maam Cross and Oughterard and the "White O'Morn" cottage . The latter is located on R336 south of Maam, but has long ago fallen into ruin . </P>

Town in ireland where the quiet man was filmed