
Shan Fadh Bullock (John William, 17 May 1865 – 27 February 1935) was an Irish writer. He was born at Inisherk in
Fermanagh
Historically, Fermanagh ( ga, Fir Manach), as opposed to the modern County Fermanagh, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Fermanagh. ''Fir Manach'' originally referred to a distinct kin group of ...
and died in
Surrey. He attended
Farra School
Farra School or Farragh College was established in 1758 as a charter school and located near Bunbrosna, County Westmeath, Ireland.
The school was set up to provide Agricultural instruction to mainly Roman Catholic young boys and men. The school ...
in County Westmeath, he failed the
Dublin University
The University of Dublin ( ga, Ollscoil Átha Cliath), corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin, is a university located in Dublin, Ireland. It is the degree-awarding body for Trinity College Dubl ...
entrance exams and moved to London. He served on secretariat of Irish Home Rule Convention.
Bullock's works include 14 novels set in Ulster and he was admired by
J.M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succ ...
and
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wo ...
.
Works
*The awkward squads and other stories (London : Cassell, 1893.)
By Thrasna River (London : Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1895.)Ring o' rushes (London ; New York : Ward, Lock, 1896.)*The charmer : a seaside comedy (London : J. Bowden, 1897.)
The Barrys (London ; New York : Harper & Brothers, 1899.)Irish Pastorals (London : Grant Richards, 1901.)The Squireen (London : Methuen, 1903)ref>
Robert Thorne (London : T. Werner Laurie 1907?)*Master John (London : Laurie, 1909?)
Thomas Andrews, shipbuilder (Dublin ; and London : Maunsel and company, ltd, 1912.)*Mors et vita (London : T. Werner Laurie, 1923)
*The Loughsiders (London :
G.G. Harrap & co. ltd., 1924.)
*Gleanings (Sutton, Surrey : William Pile, 1926?)
*After sixty years (London : Sampson Low, Marston, 1931?)
References
External links
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Shan Bullock Manuscript Collection at Queen's University Belfast*
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1865 births
1935 deaths
People from County Fermanagh
Male novelists from Northern Ireland
19th-century Irish novelists
20th-century novelists from Northern Ireland
20th-century British male writers