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Maurice Walsh 1937<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Maurice Walsh is the quintessential Irish storyteller. As Steve Matheson remarks in the only published biography of the author, Walsh\u2019s stories are the epitomy of characters who act with honour and dignity. The characters themselves are drawn with a fidelity which are no longer the standards to which heroes and heroines are supposed to reach. A Matheson puts it, \u201cQualities like those were a little like good clothes that have gone shabby, to be used when they could be but discarded if they could not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His writing is unashamedly in the old romantic style. By the time Castle Gillian<\/em> was published in 1948, Walsh had already come to accept that his style was out of fashion. But the story was already formed in his head. It came to\u00a0 fruition through \u201chis natural resilience and belief in the essential goodness of humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without reservation, it is exactly these same qualities in the human condition that compel us to tell the story of Castle Gillian<\/em> as a musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Novels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The novels of Maurice Walsh can be roughly divided into those set in Scotland1<\/sup>, those set in Ireland2<\/sup>; the four period-adventure stories3<\/sup> and the short stories collections (including numerous yarns about the eponymous Thomasheen James).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most can be found for purchase on Antiquarian bookseller sites. The most comprehensive in-store or online selection we have seen of Walsh’s novels can be found at Leakeys Bookshop Ltd.<\/a> in Inverness, Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My advice is to read them all in the order of their publication. If time does not permit such an indulgence, then the following stories are must-reads: the first three \u2018Scottish\u2019 novels, The Road To Nowhere, Green Rushes, The Hill Is Mine, Castle Gillian<\/em> and Trouble in the Glen. Those eight novels are the foundation of a Maurice Walsh collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chronologically as they appeared in novel form (published by W. & A. R. Chambers Ltd) they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1926 \u2013 The Key Above The Door 1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1928\u00a0 \u2013 While Rivers Run1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1929 \u2013 The Small Dark Man1<\/sup> (the first appearance of the character, Hugh Forbes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1932 \u2013 Blackcock\u2019s Feather3<\/sup> (The first of four period adventure stories)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1934 \u2013 The Road To Nowhere2<\/sup> (includes characters first seen in While Rivers Run<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1935 \u2013 Green Rushes2<\/sup> (from which the film The Quiet Man<\/em> was adapted by John Ford)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1937 \u2013 And No Quarter3<\/sup> (a period adventure novel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1938 \u2013 Sons of the Swordmaker3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1940 \u2013 The Hill Is Mine1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1941 \u2013 Thomasheen James, Man-of-no-Work (short stories)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1943 \u2013 The Spanish Lady1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1945 \u2013 The Man In Brown (A Detective Crime Thriller written in collaboration with journalist David Sears)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1947 \u2013 Son of Apple3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1948 \u2013 Castle Gillian<\/em>2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1950 \u2013 Trouble in the Glen1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1951 \u2013 Son of a Tinker (short stories)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1953 \u2013 The Honest Fisherman (short stories)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1953 \u2013 A Strange Woman\u2019s Daughter2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1956 \u2013 Danger Under The Moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1964 \u2013 The Smart Fellow (short stories)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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