Charlotte Elizabeth McManus
Born1850
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Died4 October 1941(1941-10-04) (aged 90–91)

Charlotte Elizabeth McManus (1850–1941) was an Irish nationalist, historian and novelist.[1][2][3]

Life and career

Born in Castlebar, County Mayo in 1850 to James and Charlotte McManus, McManus was educated at home and in Torquay. She was known as Lil and Lottie, and published as L. McManus. Dermot MacManus was a nephew.[4]

McManus became ardent nationalist and worked as a Gaelic League worker in Kiltimagh, County Mayo. Due to her work it is believed up to 7000 people attended a nationalist meeting in the area in 1909.[5] She was on the anti-Treaty side of the Civil War in Ireland. She wrote for Penny Pamphlets, published in the Educational Company of Ireland series. She also contributed chapters to Seumas MacManus book The Story of the Irish Race (1921). In 1954 her novel Nuala was translated into Irish by Gearoid Mac Spealáin.[6][4][7][8][9]

She died in Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland on 5 October 1944.[10]

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Red Star (NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1895), Do. (London: T. Fisher Unwin 1896);
  • Silk of the Kine (London: T. Fisher Unwin 1896), rep. as Silk (NY: Harper 1896);
  • Lally of the Brigade (London: T. Fisher Unwin; Boston: L. C. Page 1899), Do. (Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walder [1902]);
  • Nessa (Dublin: Sealy, Bryers Walker [1902]);
  • The Wager (NY: F. M. Buckles [1902]);
  • In Sarsfield’s Days: A Tale of the Siege of Limerick (Dublin: M. H. Gill 1906);
  • Nuala: The Story of a Perilous Quest (Dublin: Browne & Nolan 1908);
  • The Professor in Erin (Dublin: M. H. Gill 1918).

Stories

  • Within the Four Seas of Fola (Dublin: M. H. Gill 1922).

Autobiography

  • White Light and Flame: Memories of the Irish Literary Revival and the Anglo-Irish War (Dublin; Cork: Talbot [1929]).

References

  1. ↑ "Author Search Results". Catalogue of the National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ↑ W J McCormack (11 January 2011). Blood Kindred: W. B. Yeats, the Life, the Death, the Politics. Random House. pp. 328–. ISBN 978-1-4464-4424-5.
  3. ↑ William Yeats (29 July 1993). Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 444–. ISBN 978-0-14-196099-9.
  4. 1 2 Liam Harte (1 March 2018). A History of Irish Autobiography. Cambridge University Press. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-1-108-54845-8.
  5. ↑ "Lottie McManus".
  6. ↑ "Charlotte Elizabeth McManus". Ricorso. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "A Novelist, George A. Birmingham". Geo-birmin. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Professor Erin and Author".
  9. ↑ "At the Circulating Library Author Information: Charlotte Elizabeth MacManus". Victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Authors: McManus, L: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". Sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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