Author:John Boyle O'Reilly

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John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890)

An Irish-born poet and novelist who, as a youth in Ireland, was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. As he was also a soldier enlisted in the British army at the time, he was tried for treason and found guilty. Due to his extreme youth, he was not sentenced to death, but rather was transported to Western Australia. He later escaped to the United States, settling in Boston, where he won fame as a poet, novelist and journalist.

John Boyle O'Reilly

Works

• Farewell (published in The Wild Goose, an amateur shipboard newspaper, 1867)
• Night Thoughts (unpublished, c. 1868)
• Songs from the Southern Seas and Other Poems (Robert Bros., Boston, 1873)
  • My Mother's Memory
  • The Old School Clock
  • Western Australia
• Songs, Legends and Ballads (1878)
  • The Dead Who Died for Ireland
• Moondyne (1879)
• The Statues in the Block (1881)
• In Bohemia (1886)
  • The Cry of the Dreamer
• The Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport (1888)
• To My Little Blanid (details of publication unknown)
• At School (unpublished, found in his papers after his death)
• 406 (unpublished and unfinished)

• Life of John Boyle O'Reilly, Roche, J. J. together wih his complete poems and speeches. O'Reilly, M. ed. New York: Cassell. 1891 (index)
  • The Dukite Snake
  • An Old Picture
  • Written under a portrait of Keats

Works about O'Reilly

• “O'Reilly, John Boyle” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913: John Boyle O'Reilly

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.