It’s Saint Patrick’s Day — Watch “The Quiet Man,” listen to “diddley aye music,” and plot your Pilgrimage to Eire

That’s the drill every March 17, isn’t it?

Listen to a spot of this.

Watch an Irish film or two. “The Late Rite,” I’d suggest. Or Roddy Doyle’s “The Snapper,” “The Van” or “The Commitments,” maybe Gabriel Byrne’s “Into the West,” or perhaps “Circle of Friends” or the more obscure early efforts of Liam Neeson.

Relish the grand Irish actor, Ciaran Hinds, who so aptly defined this music and the Irish cinema he and Colm Meaney and Cillian Murphy and Saorise Ronan prop up every chance they get.

And plan your own trip to the cinematic Ireland, the homey, music-filled pubs, the lush green countryside, the seaside cliffs and the quaint villages where movies like “The Quiet Man” were filmed.

I’ve visited a few locations used by “Braveheart,” “The Quiet Man” and lesser and greater films around Dublin, Trim, Galway, Cong, Athenry etc. Lovely place to take in during the fall or spring, although I can’t imagine it ever looking grim, even in the dank and chilly winter.

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