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George A Birmingham

Male : Novelist, Playwright and Humorist. Married Adelaide Wynne in 1889. A rector, he scandalized his protestant parishioners by learning Irish and joining the Gaelic League
Nationality : Irish Place of Birth : Belfast

Date of Birth : 1865 Date of Death : 1950 Age : 85

Pseudonyms : Real Name = James Owen Hannay

Other Work : Rector of Westport, Co Mayo 1892-1913

Education : Haileybury & Trinity College, Dublin
As James Owen Hannay
The Life of Frederick Richards Wynne
(1897 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Spirit and Origin of Christian Monasticism
(1903 Methuen)
The Wisdom of the Desert
(1904 Methuen)
Is the Gaelic League Political ?
(1906 Dublin) - pamphlet
Can I Be a Christian ?
(1923 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Consecration of Churches
(1927 Humphrey Milford)
Early Attempts at Christian Reunion
(1929 London) - pamphlet
The Potter's Wheel
(1940 Longmans)

As George A Birmingham
1905-1910
The Seething Pot
(1905 Edward Arnold)
Hyacinth
(1906 Arnold)
Benedict Kavanagh
(1907 Arnold)
The Northern Iron
(1907 Maunsel, Dublin)
The Bad Times
(1908 Methuen)
Spanish Gold
(1908 Methuen)
The Search Party
(1909 Methuen)

1911-1915
Lalage's Lovers
(1911 Methuen)
The Lighter Side of Irish Life
(1911 T N Foulis) - Henry W Kerr
The Major's Niece
(1911 Smith Elder)
The Simpkins Plot
(1911 Nelson)
The Inviolable Sanctuary
(1912 Nelson)
The Red Hand of Ulster
(1912 Smith Elder)
The Adventures of Dr Whitty
(1913 Methuen)
Fidgets
(1913 Hodder & Stoughton)
General John Regan
(1913 Hodder & Stoughton) - caused a riot when performed in Mayo
Irishmen All
(1913 Foulis) - Jack B Yeats
The Lost Tribes
(1914 Smith Elder)
Gossamer
(1915 Methuen)
Minnie's Bishop
(1915 Hodder & Stoughton)

1916-1920
A Padre in France
(1918 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Island Mystery
(1918 Methuen)
An Irishman Looks at His World
(1919 Hodder & Stoughton)
Our Casualty
(1919 Skeffington)
Up the rebels !
(1919 Methuen)
Inisheeny
(1920 Methuen)
Good Conduct
(1920)

1921-1925
Lady Bountiful
(1921 Christophers, London)
The Lost Lawyer
(1921 Methuen)
The Great-Grandmother
(1922 Methuen)
A Public Scandal
(1922 Hutchinson)
Fed Up
(1923 Hutchinson)
Found Money
(1923 Methuen)
King Tommy
(1923 Hodder & Stoughton)
Send for Dr O'Grady
(1923 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Grand Duchess
(1924 Hodder & Stoughton)
Bindon Parva
(1925 Mills & Boon)
The Gun Runners
(1925 Hodder & Stoughton)
A Wayfarer in Hungary
(1925 Methuen)

1926-1930
The Smuggler's Cave
(1926 Hodder & Stoughton)
Spillikins
(1926 Methuen)
Now You Tell One
(1927 Valentine)
Ships and Sealing Wax
(1927 Methuen)
Children, Can You Answer This ? : The Children's Question Book
(1927 T Fisher Unwin)
Elizabeth and the Archdeacon
(1928 Gollancz)
The Runaways
(1928 Methuen)
The Major's Candlesticks
(1929 Methuen)
Murder Most Foul !
(1929 Chatto & Windus)
The Hymn Tune Mystery
(1930 Methuen)
Wild Justice
(1930 Methuen)

1931-1940
The Silver-Gilt Standard
(1932 Methuen)
Angel's Adventure
(1933 Methuen)
Connaught to Chicago
(1933 Methuen)
Pleasant Places
(1934 Heinemann) - Autobiography
Two Fools
(1934 Methuen)
Love or Money
(1935 Methuen)
Millicent's Corner
(1935 Methuen)
Daphne's Fishing
(1937 Methuen)
Isaiah
(1937 Rich & Cowan)
Mrs Miller's Aunt
(1937 Methuen)
Magilligan Strand
(1938 Methuen)
Appeasement
(1939 Methuen)
God's Iron
(1939 Skeffington)
Miss Maitland's Spy
(1940 Methuen)

AFTER 1941
The Search for Susie
(1941 Methuen)
Over the Border
(1942 Methuen)
Poor Sir Edward
(1943 Methuen)
Lieutenant Commander
(1944 Methuen)
Good Intentions
(1945 Methuen)
The Piccadilly Lady
(1946 Methuen)
Golden Apple
(1947 Methuen)
A Sea Battle
(1948 Methuen)
Laura's Bishop
(1949 Methuen)
Two Scamps
(1950 Methuen)

Good Conduct
(nd. John Murray)