Life
?1891-1977; [Dorothy Gainsborough [var. Grace]; m. Harnett]; b. Co. Cavan; large number of
romantic novels with popular appeal [Clarke]; novels, including Nothing
Irredeemable (1936), Out of Evil (1937); Deep Malice
(1939); The Fortune Must Follow (1938); This New Corn (1940);
And If I Laugh (1940); Against My Fire (1941); Not Quite
So Black (1948), all published by John Long; panel member in N Ireland
BBC quiz programme “Up Against It”; lived in Licenser House,
Co. Antrim, burnt 1964, with later compensation of £30,000); other novels
include The Older Road [n.d.]; d. 24.10.1977; see Linen Hall Library
and cuttings. IF2
Works
Against My Fire (1941); And If I Laugh (1940); Deep Malice (1939), and Do., [abridged] (Dublib: Mellifont 1944), 128pp.; Fortune Must Follow (1937); Hated Therewith (1942); Not Quite So Black (1948); Nothing Irredeemable (1936); Wilful-missing (1936); The Oldest Road (1938); Out of Evil (1937); This Day’s Madness (1939); This New Corn (1940). Note: All published by John Long, circa 224-286pp., exception the abridged reprint from Mellifont [see COPAC].
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Notes
Desmond Clarke, Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances and Folklore [Pt. 2] (Cork: Royal Carbery 1985) lists
eight novels, giving tongue in cheek summaries of each, Nothing Irredeemable
(London: John Long 1936) [Sir Desmond Loughlin, ex-Tans, dispossessed,
separates from wife in London; finally reunites]; Out of Evil (London:
John Long 1937) [visitor’s romance among Anglo-Irish gentry in Co.
Down; Orange viewpoint but entertains idea that if Orange and IRA stand
together against Ireland’s common enemy her troubles will end]; Deep
Malice (London: John Long 1939) [Anita Etheridge creates mischief
through séances and occultism in Co. Down]; The Fortune Must
Follow (London: John Long 1938) [retired anti-German agent Neill McCrane
breaks up cattle smuggling gang in Newcastle, Co. Down]; This New Corn
(London: John Long 1940) [Kevin Magowan, back from fighting for Franco,
sorts out matrimonial problems in Co. Down] And If I Laugh (London:
John Long 1940) [B Specials Officer and people of Co. Down village in
wartime; anti-Catholic and anti-Irish viewpoint]; Against My Fire
(London: John Long 1941) [unmarried couple evacuated to Co. Down reveal
themselves as emotional wreckers and finally as Nazi agents]; Not Quite
So Black (London: John Long 1948) [Barry Loughran returns from 8th
Army to find wife having an affair; after complications involving the
‘not so black’ step-mother Lucile, wife Eva and her lover Rupert
drive drunk off cliff; Barry marries Maeve, cousin of Rupert - for whom
he has been working in the big house as chauffeur].
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)