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Breaking stories
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By Donal Hickey
The manuscript of a short story — which later inspired the popular film The Quiet Man — went on public display in Listowel, Co Kerry, last night.
The event marked the 80th anniversary to the day of the first publication of the story by Maurice Walsh, who was born in Ballydonoghue, between Ballybunion and Listowel.The Quiet Man short story was published in The Saturday Evening Post magazine in the US on Feb 11, 1933.
It was there the renowned Irish-American director, John Ford, first read it. He secured the film rights shortly afterwards, but it was 1952 before his famous film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara and made in Cong, Co Mayo, was released.
The University of Limerick, which is hosting the exhibition, holds a copy of the magazine as well as several handwritten and typescript drafts of the story which are being displayed at the Seanchaí Kerry Writers Museum, in Listowel.
Opening the exhibition, Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Minister Jimmy Deenihan said Walsh had an impressive literary output.
“Many visitors cite seeing The Quiet Man as one of the reasons why they have thought about coming to Ireland and it all started with the manuscript we have on exhibition here in Listowel, this evening,” he said.
Walsh, who died in 1964, based the story on Paddy Bawn Enright from his local area, but changed the character’s name to Shawn Kelvin in the story.
The exhibition, which will run until St Patrick’s Day, demonstrates how Walsh developed the story and how he was influenced by the editorial department of The Saturday Evening Post.
The story was revised again by the author in 1935 when he included it in his novel Green Rushes.
The manuscripts on display come from the Maurice Walsh Papers which are held at the University of Limerick Glucksman Library.