Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2002
Publication Title
History Ireland
Abstract
Arrested for treason against the British Crown and deported to the penal colonies of Australia, the Irish revolutionary John Boyle O'Reilly managed to escape to the United States and within a few years became one of Boston's most prominent political and literary figures, one of the best known Irish immigrants in the United States, and one of the most charismatic individuals of the late nineteenth century. He wrote some of the most popular poetry of the period as well as one obscure but swashbuckling novel, Moondyne (1878), based in part upon the spectacular
Recommended Citation
Ashton, Susanna, "John Boyle O'Reilly & Moondyne (1878)" (2002). Publications. 2.
https://open.clemson.edu/english_pubs/2