 Sir Julius Benedict composed his opera "The Lily of Killarney" from a text provided by Boucicault and John Oxenford based on "The Colleen Bawn".It opened at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 8 February 1862 and remained a highly regarded and popular opera throughout the Victorian era.In "Kobbé's Complete Opera Book", first published in 1922, it still merited a full summary of the plot, which remains in the current edition.