| The Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale | |
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Cover of sixth American edition, 1808. |
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| Author(s) | Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Romance, epistolary |
| Publication date | 1806 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp. (Oxford University Press paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-19-283283-2 (Oxford University Press paperback edition) |
| OCLC Number | 40150638 |
The Wild Irish Girl; a National Tale is an epistolary novel written by Irish novelist Sydney Owenson (later Lady Morgan) in 1806.
The Hon. Horatio M———, son of the Earl of M———, is banished to his father's estate on the northwest coast of Connacht (i.e. County Mayo) as punishment for accumulating large debts. The novel consists of letters written by Horatio to his friend J.D., an MP. He finds a dilapidated castle and the remnants of the Catholic Gaelic nobility that was displaced by his ancestors after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. He acquires a new respect for Irish history and culture and falls in love with an Irish princess named Glorvina.