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Early Irish Fiction, c.1680–1820 series

The triumph of prudence over passion

The triumph of prudence over passion

by Elizabeth Sheridan

Originally published in 1781, The Triumph of Prudence over Passion; or, The History of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald is an unconventional epistolary novel set in Ireland and France in 1779 and 1780, against the background of the patriot...Originally published in 1781, The Triumph of Prudence over Passion; or, The History of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald is an unconventional...
Author/Editor: Aileen Douglas & Ian Campbell Ross, editors
The history of Arsaces, Prince of Betlis

The history of Arsaces, Prince of Betlis

By Charles Johnston

Recounting the eventful travels of Selim, an intrepid young Arab who runs away from his parental home to learn about the world, The History of Arsaces, Prince of Betlis (1774) by the Co. Limerick-born Charles Johnston (c.1719–c.1800) is an...Recounting the eventful travels of Selim, an intrepid young Arab who runs away from his parental home to learn about the world,...
Author/Editor: Daniel Sanjiv Roberts editor
The history of Jack Connor

The history of Jack Connor

by William Chaigneau

The history of Jack Connor (1752) is the only, and once very popular, novel of the Irish writer of Huguenot descent, William Chaigneau (1709–81). An example of sentimental picaresque fiction in the manner of Alain-René Lesage’s Gil Blas (1715–47)...The history of Jack Connor (1752) is the only, and once very popular, novel of the Irish writer of Huguenot descent, William...
Author/Editor: Ian Campbell Ross, editor
The life of John Buncle, Esq.

The life of John Buncle, Esq.

by Thomas Amory

Thomas Amory’s The Life of John Buncle, Esq (1756) is an appealingly eccentric fiction, in which Buncle, a student in Trinity College Dublin, embarks on a series of striking adventures and remarkable encounters in Ireland and the north of...Thomas Amory’s The Life of John Buncle, Esq (1756) is an appealingly eccentric fiction, in which Buncle, a student in Trinity College...
Author/Editor: Moyra Haslett, editor
Children's fiction, 1765–1808

Children's fiction, 1765–1808

by John Carey; Margaret King Moore, Lady Mount Cashell; and Henry Brooke

The present volume offers a pioneering selection of stories for children, published between 1765 and 1808 by Irish authors. Learning better than House and Land (1808) is a short novel by the Roman Catholic classicist and educationalist, John Carey...The present volume offers a pioneering selection of stories for children, published between 1765 and 1808 by Irish authors. Learning better than...
Author/Editor: Anne Markey, editor
Irish Tales (1716)

Irish Tales (1716)

by Sarah Butler

Published in London only months after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, Irish Tales is an historical romance offering a Jacobite reading of early Irish history, culminating in Brian Boru’s victory over the Viking invaders at the Battle of Clontarf...Published in London only months after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, Irish Tales is an historical romance offering a Jacobite reading of...
Author/Editor: Ian Campbell Ross, Aileen Douglas & Anne Markey, editors
Vertue rewarded; or, The Irish Princess (1693)

Vertue rewarded; or, The Irish Princess (1693)

Vertue Rewarded; or, The Irish Princess (1693) is one of the earliest examples of Irish prose fiction. Published in London, the novel is set in and around Clonmel, in August 1690, during the wars between the Jacobite James...Vertue Rewarded; or, The Irish Princess (1693) is one of the earliest examples of Irish prose fiction. Published in London, the novel...
Author/Editor: Ian Campbell Ross & Anne Markey, editors