About Anne Margaret Rowan
Lived 1844 – 1913 (aged 68–69). Anne Margaret Rowan was an Irish writer and novelist.
Anne Margaret Rowan (21 November 1832 – 13 December 1913) was an Irish novelist, historian, and political activist.
Life Anne Margaret Rowan was born in Tralee, County Kerry on 21 November 1832. Her parents were Arthur Rowan and Alice (née Thompson), who were part of the Kerry gentry with Scottish heritage. Her maternal grandfather was the Kerry county treasurer, Peter Thompson (died 1849). She had two siblings who survived to adulthood, William and Ora. There are no records of Rowan's early life, but she was likely privately educated at home in Belmont, Tralee. She shared her father's interest in Irish history and archaeology.
Publications As Miss A.M. Rowan Percy Smythe: a tale of duty (1878) Rendelsholme: a novel (1880) History of Ireland, as disclosed by Irish statutes passed by Irish parliaments between 1310 and 1800 (1893)
As Amos Reade Norah Moriarty, or, Revelations of modern Irish life (1886) Life in the cut. [A novel.] (1888)
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Irish novelist, historian, and political activist
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Anne Margaret Rowan was born in 1844 in Tralee.
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Anne Margaret Rowan died on 13 December 1913 in Dublin.
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Anne Margaret Rowan was a writer and novelist.
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Anne Margaret Rowan was Irish.
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