Skeffington Gibbon

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Skeffington Gibbon (fl. c. 1796) was an Irish writer.

The name "Skeffington Gibbon" is a pseudonym, as may also be "Augustus O'Kelly",

the name that appears in the first version of his most famous book, published
privately by O'Kelly himself in 1824. Patrick Melvin, author of Estates and Landed
Society in Galway[1] says "O'Kelly appears to have been either James or Augustus
O'Kelly, a brother of Patrick O'Kelly or Kelly author of the Doneraile litany and
The Eudoxologist--a poem in which he sung the praises of the gentry of Galway, Mayo
and Roscommon".[2]

This Augustus O'Kelly published a number of pamphlets in the 19th century but he is
best known as the author of The Recollections of Skeffington Gibbon from 1796 to
the present year, 1829; being an epitome of the lives and characters of the
nobility and gentry of Roscommon; the genealogy of those who are descended from the
kings of Connaught; and a memoir of the late Madame O'Connor Don.

The first edition of the book had extra words in the title, viz O'Kelly's
Recollections of..... and included the name Augustus O'Kelly.[3][4]

No details in the book relating to his birth, childhood or ancestry have been
independently proven. The "Recollections" are highly personal and include
scurrilous portraits of both families and individuals. Sir William Wilde suggested
the author used his knowledge of family skeletons to make a living from the
wealthy.[5]

Bibliography
"The union of St. Patrick and John Bull". Publisher: Cork, 1864.
"An epitome of the lives of the poets; the source and magnificent beauties of the
rivers Lee, Blackwater, & Awebeg, and a poem on the sceneries of Corrin Hill". by
Augustus O'Kelly Publisher: Cork, 1861.
"Augustus O'Kelly's sixth historical, biographical and miscellaneous pamphlet, for
1863". by Augustus O'Kelly Publisher: Fermoy, pr. by William Lindsey, 1863.
"Augustus O'Kelly's seventh historical, biographical and miscellaneous pamphlet,
publ. for 1864". Language: English Publisher: Cork, pr. for the author, 1863.,
References
Dublin: Eamonn de Burca for Edmund Burke Publisher 2012
Estates and Landed Society in Galway, Footnote 101 p. 373
The Publishers' circular and booksellers' record of British and foreign
literature. Vol. 66. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1897. p. 356
Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign Heraldry
and Genealogy, Gatfield, George, 1892 p. 206
Quoted by Patrick Melvin, Estates and Landed Society in Galway, footnote 103, p.
373
The Recollections of Skeffington Gibbon from 1796 to the present year, 1829; being
an epitome of the lives and characters of the nobility and gentry of Roscommon; the
genealogy of those who are descended from the kings of Connaught; and a memoir of
the late Madame O'Connor Don, Dublin, printed by Joseph blundell, 1829. Originally
published privately by Augustus O'Kelly 1824.
Biography of the houses of Ormond, Seymour, Stanley and Paget, London, September
1832
On the Repeal of the Union, a pamphlet (ca. 1840?)
History of Galway, James Hardiman, 1820
Galway Authors, Helen Mahar, 1976
The Irish Book Lover, Volume 8, Crone, O'Cassidy, O Louchlainn
Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign Heraldry and
Genealogy', Gatfield, George, 1892
Estates and Landed Society in Galway, Patrick Melvin, Dublin. Eamonn de Burca for
Edmund Burke Publisher 20123
Categories: People from County GalwayIrish writers19th-century Irish people
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