# Young O'Connor — Short Fiction character guide

> Young O'Connor in Short Fiction by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** O'Connor, Mr. O'Connor

**First appearance:** 0019-the-sexton-s-adventure

## Snapshot

The handsome, generous heir of Castle Connor, welcomed home by bonfires and bagpipes, whose gaiety and beauty make him the pride of his widowed mother.

## Who they are

O'Connor returns from three years abroad to a rejoicing tenantry and an embrace from his mother that moves everyone who witnesses it. Slightly built, Spanish in feature, and utterly unstudied in manner, he seems untouched by time, his generosity and high spirits undamped. When a race-ball at the neighboring town stirs the countryside, his determination to attend sets him on the path where the story's ghostly encounter will find him.

## In the story

### [The Last Heir of Castle Connor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_31_se/chapters/the-last-heir-of-castle-connor)

The last heir of Castle Connor, a handsome and charismatic young man deeply loved by his mother and the local community.

### [The Bridal of Carrigvarah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_31_se/chapters/the-bridal-of-carrigvarah)

The handsome but faithless son of Colonel O'Mara; his abandonment of Ellen Heathcote leads to her death.

## Links

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