The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen
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The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen is a melodrama by Dion Boucicault.
Most often simply referred to as The Colleen Bawn
A dramatization of The Collegians, a novel based on the true story of Ellen Scanlan (née Hanley), a fifteen-year-old girl who was murdered on 14 July 1819 at the instruction of her husband.
It was first performed at Miss Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, on 27 March 1860
