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The Hibernian Father,
single work
correspondence
(p. 589)
Geoghegan refutes a letter, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, that questioned the originality of 'The Hibernian Father'. The SMH letter writer, 'Tisias', had drawn parallels between 'The Hibernian Father' and the 1831 play 'Warden of Galway'.
Geoghegan lays out his limited knowledge of the 'Warden of Galway' and provides an account of how and when he came to write 'The Hibernian Father'.
At the foot of Geoghegan's correspondence, an SMH editor's note declares that 'the author's positive assertion [as to originality] must outweigh mere opinions'.
Note: The letter by 'Tisias' probably appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday, 15 May 1844. That issue of the SMH is missing from the National Library of Australia's newspaper digitisation project website.
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Theatrical Register,
single work
column
(p. 595-596)On the basis of the limited evidence before them regarding possible plagiarism on the part of Edward Geoghegan, the editors of the Weekly Register conclude that the accuser 'appears to us to be strongly impelled by some other feeling than a zeal for the interests of the republic of letters'.Note: The numbering of pages 593-594 of the Weekly Register is repeated. The second occurence of these pages should be numbered 595-596. Correct pagination is resumed on page 598.
