Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan facts for kids

Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan (who also wrote as Norreys Connell) was an Irish writer born on April 29, 1874, and who passed away on June 18, 1948. He was known for writing both plays, which are stories performed on a stage, and novels, which are longer fictional books.

Works

Conal O'Riordan was a very busy writer! He wrote many different stories throughout his life.

Novels

Novels are long stories that you read in a book. Conal O'Riordan wrote many of them. Here are some of his most famous novels:

• 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)

Plays

Plays are stories written to be acted out by people on a stage. Conal O'Riordan also wrote several plays. Here are some of them:

• Rope Enough (1913)
• His Majesty's Pleasure (1925)
• Napoleon’s Josephine (1928)
• The King's Wooing (1929)