Has novelist Hannah lynch any connection with carrantryla co galway?

Answer 1

Hannah Lynch was a governess in Carrentrilla house owned by the local landlords, the Handcocks. She wrote a novel called "Through Troubled Waters" but most of the copies were bought up by the Handcocks or Lord Clanrickard and burned. Only a couple of copies survive, one of which is in the possession of Tommy Keaveney, Lissduff. The names in the book are thinly disguised as being about the locals, but (having read the book) it is extremely turgid going! She was a friend of the young Douglas Hyde whom she met in Dublin on 9th Dec. 1887. Hyde had several of her books in his library.

Hannah lynch was born in Dublin c.1862. As a young woman, she joined the Ladies Land league and was closely associated with Fanny Parnell. She lived in Spain, Greece and France and died in Paris in January 1904. Had articles published in United Ireland.

Her works include "Through Troubled Waters" (1885)

"Defeated" (1885)

The Prince of the Glades (1891)

Daughters of Men (1892) Published in Greek

Rosni Harvey (1892)

Denys D'Auvrillac (1896)

Dr. Vermont's Fantasy (1896)

Jinny Blake (1897)

An Odd Experiment (1897)

Toledo (article)(1898)

Autobiography of a Child (Dictated to Hannah Lynch)(1899)

Clare Monroe (1900)

French life in Town and Country (Articles)(1901)