11 Facts About Michael Banim

Michael Banim was an Irish novelist and short story writer.

Michael Banim went on to study for the bar, but a decline in his father's business caused him to retire from his studies.

Michael Banim returned home to take over the family business, which he returned to prosperity, restoring his parents to material and mental comfort.

When John Michael Banim was struck down by illness, his brother wrote and earnestly invited him to return to Kilkenny and share his home.

In 1840, Michael Banim married Catherine O'Dwyer who had two daughters, Mathilde and Mary.

Michael Banim was appointed postmaster of Kilkenny in 1852, which he held until illness forced him to retire in 1873.

Michael Banim's health failing, he went with his family to reside at Booterstown, near Dublin, where he died in 1874.

Michael Banim assisted John in the O'Hara Tales, where he used the name "Abel O'Hara," and there is difficulty in allocating their respective contributions.

Michael Banim wrote in such hours as he could snatch from business, and was the principal author of about thirteen of the twenty-four works attributed to the brothers, including Crohoore of the Bill-Hook, The Croppy, and Father Connell.

Michael Banim kept himself in the background, letting his younger brother have all the honor of their joint production.

Michael Banim, whose writing was influenced by the Romantic movement, portrayed an Ireland suffering under the lingering effects of the Penal laws.