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We get cleaned up and I write some notes in my journal and
about 7:30 p.m. we leave for Neales and Joe Mallot’s
Restaurant. He was John Wayne’s stand in during the filming
of the “The Quiet Man”. When the movie was made he was 21
while Wayne was 32 but he was tall and built like Wayne. He
greeted us warmly and invited us to the bar. We know from
Wood Hill House that we will order while sitting at the bar. He
pours wine and we chat for 20 minutes or so and it is very
interesting.
He wants to know about us (a truly good bartender) but we
kept working the conversation back to him. He said the filming
was a real kick and that the director, John Ford, was very
exacting. He said he’d have to walk and turn or do some other
motion ending at a match stick or a little stone on the ground
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