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The Water Queen, or, The Mermaid of Loch Lene. And Other Tales.
Coates, Mr H (1832)
Adventure; Chivalric; Courtship; Folklore; Gothic; Historical; Supernatural; Ireland; County Kerry; Killarney; fort; forest;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Rathsheen - Mendicant soothsayer
3. Dathy Krulagh - Idiot savant
4. Mala O'Dunn - Widow of fisherman
5. Quale O'Dunn - Soldier
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32
The Adventures of Barney Mahoney.
Croker, Thomas Crofton (1832)
Biography; Humour; Manners / Society; Satirical; Ireland; Cork; London; Hastings;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Mrs Mahoney - Poor cottager
3. Barney Mahoney - Servant
4. Judy Garatty - Housekeeper
5. Mr Screw (others un-named) - Gang of thieves
6. Nancy and Betsey Pearson - Farmers - family of
7. Mrs Kilderkin - Landlady
8. Maid - Maid
9. Coachman - Coachman
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33
Lord Roldan. A Romance.
Cunningham, Allan (1836)
Bildungsroman; Biography; Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Inheritance / Identity; Supernatural; Glengarock, Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Nickie Neevie - Peasant woman
2. Jeanie Rabson - Sister to the laird
3. Mary Morison - Peasant woman
4. Nanse Halberson - Peasant and witch
5. Morison Roldan - Peasant, later turned Lord
6. John Milligan - Preacher
7. Davie Gellock - Peasant
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34
Norman Abbey; A Tale of Sherwood Forest. By a Lady. In Three Volumes.
Cursham, Mary Anne (1832)
Courtship; Domestic; Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Travel; Abbey; London; Nottinghamshire;
Dialect Speakers
1. Peter - Woodman- 'a member of that useful community of "hewers of wood and drawers of water"' (vol 1, p. 4)
2. Margery - Housekeeper
3. Mattie - Domestic
4. Davie plus others unnamed - Musicians
5. Narrator (third person) - Individual
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35
Aubrey: A Novel. By R.C. Dallas esq. Author of Percival
Dallas, Robert C. (1804)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Travel; London; Cambridge; Warwickshire; Portugal (Oporto) ;
Dialect Speakers
1. Julius Caesar - Servant
2. Local shopkeepers and merchants - Shopkeepers
3. Cottager - Non-specific 'rustic'
4. Mr Cowsel - Farmer
5. James McKnucle - Bailiff
6. Grant - Non-specific 'countryman'
7. Aubrey - Vicar
8. The Scot - Unspecified
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36
The Adventures of Dick Distich. In Three Volumes.
Daniel, George (1812)
Biography; Courtship; Satirical; Travel; All over British Isles;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mr Tipple - Publican
2. Postboys - Postboys
3. Mr. Ap-Shenkin - Surgeon
4. Captain Mainmast - Captain
5. Mr. O'Shinnaghly - Tragic playwright fom Tipperary
6. Terence O'Whack - Wandering player
7. Young fellow - Young fellow, auditioning to join players
8. Farmer Gammon - Farmer
9. Peasant - Peasant
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37
Ronaldsha: A Romance.
Doherty, Ann (1808)
Courtship; Gothic; Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Mystery; Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Jammie Maclain - Centinel
2. Kate - Servant, varying from lady's maid to cottager
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38
Castle Rackrent, An Hibernian Tale, Taken from Facts, and from the Manners of the Irish Squires, before the Year 1782.
Edgeworth, Maria (1800)
Anecdotal; Domestic; Historical; Humour; Manners / Society; Social Commentary; Ireland; Castle; ;
Dialect Speakers
1. Authorial voice ('Maria Edgeworth') - Author
2. Thady Quirk - Steward
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39
Out of Debt Out of Danger in Popular Tales. By Maria Edgeworth, author of Practical Education, Belinda, Castle Rackrent, Irish Bulls, &C. &C.
Edgeworth, Maria (1804)
Crime; Didactic / Moralising; Manners / Society; London;
Dialect Speakers
1. Belle Perkins (later Ludgate) - Shopkeeper's wife
2. Nurse - Nurse
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40
Rosanna, in Popular Tales. By Maria Edgeworth, author of Practical Education, Belinda, Castle Rackrent, Irish Bulls, &C. &C.
Edgeworth, Maria (1804)
Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Leinster, Ireland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Simon - 'a sort of a half or a half quarter gentleman' (p. 85)
2. Mrs Dougherty - Wife of yeoman
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