Maurice Walsh (1879-1964) was an Irish novelist best known for the short story The Quiet Man which was later made into a Oscar nominated movie directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate The Quiet Man is a American film starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, and Barry Fitzgerald, and directed "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress Walsh was born in 1879 in Lisselton near Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Listowel ( Lios Tuathail, "Tuathal's fort" in Irish) is a market town in County Kerry, Ireland, and is situated on the River County Kerry ( Contae Chiarraí in Irish) is a southwestern county of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world