Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu (1753–1817) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State rel ...

writer. She was the daughter of actor

Thomas Sheridan Thomas Sheridan may refer to: *Thomas Sheridan (divine) (1687–1738), Anglican divine *Thomas Sheridan (actor) (1719–1788), Irish actor and teacher of elocution *Thomas Sheridan (soldier) (1775–1817/18) *Thomas B. Sheridan (born 1931), America ...

and his wife, writer Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan. She was the sister of

Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and I ...

and

Betsy Sheridan Ann Elizabeth Sheridan Le Fanu (1758– 4 January 1837) was an Anglo-Irish diarist and novelist. She was a daughter of Irish stage actor Thomas Sheridan and the sister of satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan and playwright A playwright or drama ...

and the aunt of writer

Alicia LeFanu Alicia Le Fanu (1791 – 29 January 1867) was an Irish poet and writer. Biography Alicia Le Fanu was the daughter of Betsy Sheridan and Captain Henry Le Fanu, and a granddaughter of actor Thomas Sheridan and his wife, writer Frances Sherida ...

(with whom she is sometimes confused). Among her close literary associates in

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were

Sydney, Lady Morgan Sydney, Lady Morgan (; – 14 April 1859), was an Irish novelist, best known for '' The Wild Irish Girl'' (1806)'','' a romantic, and some critics suggest, "proto-feminist", novel with political and patriotic overtones. Her work, including co ...

and

Mary Tighe Mary Tighe (9 October 1772 – 24 March 1810) was an Irish poet. Life and career Mary Blachford (or Blanchford) (or Blackford) was born in Dublin, 9 October 1772. Her parents were Theodosia Tighe, a Methodist leader, and William Blachford ( ...

Select bibliography

* ''Lucy Osmond. A Story'' (1804) * ''The Sons of Erin; Or, Modern Sentiment'' (1812)

References

1753 births 1817 deaths 18th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 18th-century Irish women writers 19th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Irish women writers Irish women dramatists and playwrights Alicia Sheridan Writers from Dublin (city) {{playwright-stub