John Banim [Abel O'Hara]

(1798-1842)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Banim, John, 1798-1842 DNB: Banim, John [pseud. Abel O'Hara] (1798-1842), novelist and playwright LBT ID: JoBanim1842 VIAF ID: 57342311 LOC ID: n82159897	B/BAP: 1798-04-03 DIED: 1842-08-13
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Irish poet, playwright, and novelist, author of Tales from the O'Hara Family (1825). A friend of Richard Shiel.
REFERENCES TO John Banim [Abel O'Hara]: Gerald Griffin to William Griffin, 10 November 1824 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 1: ¶ App-A.1-1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 10: Anecdotes Found 1: ¶ 26 Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 1 Gerald Griffin Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VII. Found 3: ¶ 26 ¶ 27 ¶ 34 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 10 Found 1: ¶ 80 Chapter 5 Found 1: ¶ 44 Chapter 8 Found 1: ¶ 16