''The Kellys and the O'Kellys'' is a novel by

Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope ( ; 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the ''Chronicles of Barsetshire ...

. It was written in Ireland and published in 1848.

Plot summary

The plot centres around a Mr. Francis O’Kelly and family, also known as Lord Ballindine, and his neighbours and distant relations and tenants, Mrs. Kelly and her son Martin. Another neighbour, one Barry Lynch, also features. His father had somehow obtained a large fortune, which he left to his children Barry and Anty. Barry attempts to obtain Anty's portion of the estate via various schemes; including attempted murder.

Major themes

Debt and the fear of debt is a constant theme in this comedic novel.

Reception

The book has become more famous for the use of

Hiberno-English Hiberno-English or Irish English (IrE), also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, is the set of dialects of English native to the island of Ireland. In both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, English is the first language in e ...

rather than the story itself.

References

External links

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Plot summary from the Trollope Society
1848 British novels Novels by Anthony Trollope Novels set in Ireland {{1840s-novel-stub