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Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan (pseudonym Norreys Connell) (29 April 1874 – 18 June 1948) was an Irish
dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
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novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while othe ...
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Career


Works


Novels

His novels include: *''In the Green Park or The Half-Pay Deities'' (1894) *''The House of the Strange Woman'' (1895) *''The Fool and His Heart'' (1896) *''The Pity of War'' (1906) *''Adam of Dublin'' (1920) *''Adam and Caroline'' (1921) *''In London: The Story of Adam and Marriage'' (1922) *''Rowena Barnes'' (1923) *''Married Life'' (1924) *''The Age of Miracles'' (1925) *''Young Lady Drazincourt'' (1925) *''Soldier Born'' (1927) *''Soldier of Waterloo'' (1928) *''Soldier’s Wife'' (1935) *''Soldier's End'' (1938) *''Judith Quinn, a Novel for Women'' (1939) *''Judith’s Love'' (1940)


Play

His plays include: *''Rope Enough'' (1913) *''His Majesty's Pleasure'' (1925) *''Napoleon’s Josephine'' (1928) *''The King's Wooing'' (1929)


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* http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/o/ORiordan_C/life.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Oriordan, Conal Holmes Oconnell 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights Irish male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Irish novelists 1874 births 1948 deaths Writers from Dublin (city) People educated at Clongowes Wood College People educated at Belvedere College Irish male novelists 20th-century Irish novelists 19th-century Irish male writers 20th-century Irish male writers