Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet, novelist, and short story writer, specializing in religious and historical subjects. Pseudonym: “C.” Author information from the Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for her poem published in 1865, which lists the author as Miss C. Caddell, Harbornston, Balbriggan, Ireland (NLS 341/310). For her 1867 poem, the ledger lists her address as 28 Connaught Sq W. (NLS 341/310). From a landowning Catholic family. Born in Harbourstown, Co. Meath. Daughter of Richard O’Ferrall Caddell. Suffered a long illness. Contributed to the Irish Monthly Magazine, Lamp, The Monthly, and Catholic World. Publications include Blind Agnes (1856). Biographical information: INB; Colman 47-9; “Cecilia Caddell. In Memoriam,” Irish Monthly Magazine, vol. 5, 1877, pp. 772-4. (AC)