The Emigrants of Ahadarra (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Carleton
- First Published: 1848
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: The 1840’s
- Setting: Ireland
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Justice, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Immigration or emigration, Farms, farmers, or farming, Elections, Small-town life, Theft, Smuggling or smugglers, Ireland or Irish people, Bribery
- Locales: Ireland
Characters Discussed
Hycy (Hyacinth) Burke, a well-to-do, dissolute young man. Determined to seduce Kathleen Cavanagh, he is publicly snubbed; he resolves to have revenge on her and on Bryan M’Mahon, who loves her. A series of maneuvers designed to bring about Bryan’s financial ruin finally causes Hycy, himself, to be exposed as a robber, an accomplice of whiskey smugglers, a counterfeiter, and a plotter against Bryan and his family. He is given two hundred pounds by his father with orders to leave the country and stay away.
Bryan M’Mahon, an honest farmer. In love...
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