The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly | Rosa Mulholland | Full Audiobook

The Hurly family of Hurly Burly have at last found some peace after years of suffering under a terrible curse. But an unexpected visitor arrives from Italy, with a strange story that suggests their troubles are not yet over...

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Rosa Mulholland (1841–1921) was born in Belfast and began writing at a young age – she submitted material for publication from the age of 15, and her first big success was the poem 'Irene', which appeared in The Cornhill Magazine in 1862, under the pseudonym "Ruth Murray". She used the same pen name for several of her early novels, poems and stories. She became acquainted with Charles Dickens, who admired her work and greatly encouraged her in her writing; he published some of her short ghost stories alongside his own in 'All the Year Round'. Many of her short stories and novels first appeared in 'The Irish Monthly'. She married John Gilbert, a Dublin historian, in 1891, and became Lady Gilbert when he was knighted in 1897; she was widowed when he died suddenly from a heart attack the following year. They had no children. Mulholland continued to write into the 20th century, with much of her work aimed at young readers. She died in Dublin in April 1921 and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

The original publication date of 'The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly' is slightly uncertain. It is most often cited as dating from Mulholland's 1891 collection 'The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly and Other Stories'; however, it would appear that it was actually written some 25 years earlier than this. The story is listed as appearing in 'All the Year Round' in November 1866, making it one of the author's very earliest works. It also appeared in 'The Irish Monthly' Vol 14 No. 159, in September 1886. The first known publication in book form appears to date from 1880, as part of a collection of Mulholland's early stories.

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