Life
1861-1917; b. nr. Dublin; staunch Unionist, daughter of Judge O’Connor
Morris, of Gortnamona, Tullamore, who was author of and political historical
works; contrib. Church of Ireland Magazine, The Fireside
and Church Monthly; published novels, Killeen (1895); Clare
Nugent (1902); and Finola (1910); also Memini: or, Reminiscences
of Irish Life (1892). IF
References
Stephen Brown, Ireland in Fiction [Pt. I] (Dublin: Maunsel
1919), lists Killeen, a Study of Girlhood (London: Digby, Long
1895), 348pp. [lovers kept apart by misunderstanding; set in Anglo-Irish
Queen’s Co. (Offaly)]; Clare Nugent (London: Digby, Long 1902),
324pp. [Irish girl goes to England to relieve family poverty, which she
does through ‘successful’ marriage]; Finola (London:
Digby, Long 1910), 304pp. [Murrough O’Brien, affianced to Finola
de Burgh, returns from S. African War and falls in love with Kathleen
Burke for whom he is prepared to lose his inheritance]. IF dismisses the
author as partisan and sentimental.
Hyland Catalogue (1997) lists Memini; or, Reminiscences of Irish Life (1892).
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