Féile John Ford is a unique cultural festival held in An Spidéal, Co. Galway, celebrating one of Hollywood’s greatest directors.

 

The festival runs from Friday, 5th to Sunday, 7th September.

 

John Ford, both of whose parents came from the area known as Cois Fharraige ('beside the sea'), holds the record for the most Academy Awards won by a director, with six Oscars to his name. Four as Best Director – The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1935), How Green was my Valley (1941) and The Quiet Man (1952) and two for best documentary, The Battle of Midway (1942) and December 7th (1943).

 

A true giant of cinema, Ford shaped the course of American film and influenced generations of filmmakers around the world and this three-day festival brings his legacy home, honouring him through film screenings, talks, and a special exhibition.

 

By reflecting on his extraordinary life and body of work, we aim to inspire a new generation of storytellers from his ancestral homeplace and beyond.

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Is féile chultúrtha ar leith í Féile John Ford a bheas ar siúl ar an Spidéal, Co. na Gaillimhe.

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Is féile í atá tiomnaithe do dhuine de na stiúrthóirí is mó cáil i Hollywood. Beidh an fhéile ar bun ón Aoine 5 Meán Fómhair go dtí an Domhnach an 7 Meán Fómhair 2025.

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Ba faoin ainm John Martin O’ Feeney a rugadh John Ford i Portland Maine Lá Fhéile Bríde 1894. Ar imirce ansiúd a chuaigh a athair Seán Mháire Ó Féinneadha as an Tuar Beag atá buailte ar shráidbhaile an Spidéil agus a mháthair Bairbre ‘Aibí’ Ní Churraoin as an gCoill Rua, atá cúpla míle siar an bóthar uaidh.

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Scéal le aithris is ea a ndearna Ford le linn a chuid ama i Holywood. Is aige is mó atá gradaim Oscar mar stiúrthóir scannán The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Quiet Man (1952) maraon le péire as na cláracha faisnéise The Battle of Midway (1942) agus December 7th (1943).

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Tugann an Fhéile seo deis dúinn neadú a dhéanamh ar oidhreacht Ford anseo sa gceantar dar díobh é. 

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Tá súil againn go spreagfar glúin nua scéalaithe i gCois Fharraige agus níos faide ó bhaile de bharr an cheiliúrtha seo ar shaothar éachtach John Ford.

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