Fardorougha the Miser, or The Convicts of Lisnamona

Fardorougha the Miser, or The Convicts of Lisnamona (1839), William Carleton's first novel. Fardorougha's son, Connor O'Donovan, and Una O'Brien are deeply in love, provoking the jealousy of Bartle Flanagan, a Ribbonman who implicates Connor in an agrarian crime [see secret societies]. To his parents' great distress, Connor is transported to a penal colony.