Victor O'Donovan Power (1860 – 30 December 1933)
was an
Irish playwright, novelist, and prolific short-story writer.
He was born at
Rosbercon,
County Kilkenny
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. 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
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''" (
Con Houlihan
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Early life
Houlihan was bo ...
), who first made her appearance in ''
Our Boys'' in November 1924. His short stories were reprinted many times in ''Ireland's Own'' and ''Our Boys''. He is buried in Shanbogh graveyard.
Select works
* ''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
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, with
Harry O'Donovan and
Frank O'Donovan.
[Hogan, Burnham: ''The Years of O'Casey, 1921–1926''.]
* ''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,
References
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1860 births
1933 deaths
Writers from County Kilkenny
Irish dramatists and playwrights
Irish male dramatists and playwrights
Alumni of Carlow College