George H. Jessop

George H. Jessop was an Irish playwright, journalist and novelist. Born in Doory Hall, Ballymahon, County Longford, in 1852, he died in Hampstead, London, in 1915. Jessop lived and worked in the United States for many years.

His numerous works included the opera Shamus O'Brien (written with Charles Villiers Stanford) and the novel Gerald Ffrench's Friends. and the plays Sam'l of Pozen (1881); Myles Aroon (1888); A Gold Mine and On Probation, both 1889 with Brander Matthews; Mavourneen (1891); and The Power of the Press (1892) with Augustus Pitou. He also contributed to the magazines Puck and Judge''.

He was the brother of the Irish writer Mary Kathleen Jessop.

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Irish male dramatists and playwrights

Irish male journalists

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1852 births

1915 deaths

Irish male novelists

People from Ballymahon

Writers from County Longford

19th-century Irish novelists

20th-century Irish novelists

19th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights

20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights

19th-century Irish journalists

20th-century Irish journalists