“Hopefully, Sean and Mary Kate’s ‘wee humble cottage’ is finally going to get the chance it so richly deserves.”
The beloved but crumbling cottage that featured in the film “The Quiet Man” is one step closer to receiving protected status.
The White O’Morn cottage in Maam, Co. Galway is one of six structures that will be listed as proposed additions to the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) by Galway County Council on April 24.
The council unanimously voted in October that Sean Thornton and Mary Kate Danaher’s cottage would be added to the RPS after a fierce campaign by activists from the White O’Morn Foundation, which include fans of the cottage from the US and Canada.
The list of proposed RPS structures will go on public display for six weeks, the Connacht Tribune reports, during which time members of the public are invited to make comments and suggestions. After this, the list will be presented to the appropriate government bodies and then the Galway County Council will hold a final vote, likely in July.
Previous reports stated that the cottage had already been added to the list of protected structures, but this will not be finalized until the final vote.
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