author of about thirteen out of the twenty-four works attributed to the brothers including Crohoore of the Bill-Hook, The Croppy, and Father Connell. Michael Banim was amiable, unambitious, modest, and generous to a degree. He kept himself in the background, letting his younger brother have all the honor of their joint production. After the death of John, Michael wrote Clough Fionn (1852), and The Town of the Cascades (1864). In 1861 he wrote prefaces and notes for a reprint of the "O'Hara" novels by the publishing firm Sadlier of New York. Besides their desire to give a true picture of their country, still crippled and prostrate from the effects of the Penal Laws, the Banims were undoubtedly influenced by the Romantic movement, then at its height. See also John and Michael Banim bibliography References Sources Author and Bookinfo.com External links 1796 births 1874 deaths People from County Kilkenny Irish male short story writers Irish male poets Irish male novelists 19th-century Irish poets 19th-century Irish novelists 19th-century Irish short story writers 19th-century Irish male writers Mayors of Kilkenny 19th-century pseudonymous writers