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Sat 05 May 2007Hollywood film ended lean timeKerry locals made hay literally and figuratively during the shooting of Hollywood epic Ryan's Daughter. But despite the scenery, all was not well on location, writes Kevin SweeneyKate Ashe couldn't help gawping when a Rolls-Royce pulled up in front of her pub in Dingle one blustery November morning in 1968. The three strangers who sauntered in looking for breakfast said they were scouting locations for a Hollywood movie. They talked about the big stars on the way and a village set being constructed from scratch near Dunquin, out on the tip of the peninsula.