Victor O'Donovan Power (1860 – 30 December 1933)[1][2] was an Irish playwright, novelist, and prolific short-story writer.
He was born at Rosbercon, County Kilkenny. His mother was a poet from West Cork, his father was a nationalist. He was educated at Carlow College. He started writing and contributing stories to magazines while still a teen-ager. His best-known creation is the woman of the roads, Kitty the Hare, "the most remarkable person that ever graced the pages of Ireland's Own" (Con Houlihan), who first made her appearance in Our Boys in November 1924.[3] His short stories were reprinted many times in Ireland's Own and Our Boys.[4] He is buried in Shanbogh graveyard.[1]
Select works
edit- A Secret of the Past (London: Ward & Downey, 1893)
- Bonnie Dunraven: A Story of Kilcarrick (London: Remington, 1881)
- The Heir of Liscarragh (Leamington: Art & Book Co., 1892) – produced in October 1923 at the Abbey Theatre, with Harry O'Donovan and Frank O'Donovan.[5]
- Tracked (Dublin, 1914)
- The Footsteps of Fate (Dublin, 1930)
- Some Strange Experiences of Kitty the Hare – The Famous Travelling Woman of Ireland, Mercier Press, Dublin, 1987, ISBN 9780853427995
References
edit- ^ a b "The Phantom Coach of Glenmore: Inspiration for a Kitty the Hare Tale?". Glenmore History. 27 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Author Information: Victor O'Donovan Power". At the Circulating Library. www.victorianresearch.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Houlihan, Con (9 July 2008). "One of our Own". Irish Independent. Dublin. ISSN 0021-1222. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Victor O'Donovan Power". www.ricorso.net. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Hogan, Burnham: The Years of O'Casey, 1921–1926.