Walsh, Maurice (1879–1964)

Irish novelist. Born near Listowel, County Kerry, Walsh was educated in Ireland before working in the Scottish Highlands in the Customs and Excise service. His stories are mostly historical romances set in Ireland and Scotland, and his works include The Key Above the Door (1926), Green Rushes (1935), and Sons of the Swordmaker (1938). Green Rushes contains his most noted story ‘The Quiet Man’, which became the basis of John Ford's celebrated film of the same name in 1950.