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O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), An Calbach

O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), An Calbach (d. 1458), king of Offaly, was the eldest son of Murchadh O'Connor Faly (qv) (d. 1421), king of Offaly, and Gormflaith, daughter of Art MacMurrough (…

O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), Brian

O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), Brian (d. 1517), lord of Uí Failghe (Offaly), was seemingly second son of Tadhg O’Connor Faly and perhaps of a sister of Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 7th earl of Kildare. Nothing is known…

O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), Brian

O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), Brian (d. 1560), lord of Uí Failghe (Offaly), was eldest of the five sons of Cathaoir O'Connor Faly (qv) (1474–1511), lord of Uí Failghe. In 1511 Cathaoir, a hitherto loyal client of…

O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), Conn

O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), Conn (d. 1474), king of Uí Failghe, was son of An Calbach Mór O'Connor Faly (qv) and Mairghréag O'Carroll…

O'Connor Faly, Tadhg

O'Connor Faly, Tadhg (d. 1588?), disputed lord of Offaly, was the son of Giollapadraig O'Connor Faly, a noble of Offaly. Nothing is known about his early life. His family and its followers had been excluded from holding land within the plantation of Offaly, and their marginalised…

O'Connor, Father Dominic

O'Connor, Father Dominic (1883–1935), Capuchin priest and republican, was born John Francis O'Connor on 13 February 1883 in Cork city, one of six sons and six daughters of John O'Connor, a teacher, and Mary Ann O'Connor (née Sheehan). Both parents were members of the Franciscan…

O'Connor, Fergal

O'Connor, Fergal (1926–2005), priest and philosopher, was born Thomas Francis O'Connor on 6 December 1926 in Rathmorrel, Causeway, Co. Kerry, third of seven children of Henry O'Connor, national school teacher, and his wife Nora (née Egan). O'Connor's grandfather had also been a…

O'Connor, Fergus (Feargus)

O'Connor, Fergus (Feargus) (1796?–1855), Irish landlord, political agitator, and Chartist leader, was born at Connorville, Kinneigh, Co. Cork, son of Roger O'Connor (qv) and his second wife, Wilhelmina (née Bowen). His earlier years are…

O'Connor, Francis Burdett

O'Connor, Francis Burdett (1791–1871), general in the Bolivian army, was born 12 June 1791 in Cork city, son of Roger O'Connor (qv), landowner and United Irishman, and his second wife, Wilhelmina, daughter of Nicholas Bowen of…

O'Connor, Frank

O'Connor, Frank (Michael Francis O'Donovan) (1903–66), writer, was born 17 September 1903 in Douglas Street, Cork city, only child of Michael O'Donovan, labourer and sometime British army soldier, and Mary (‘Minnie’) O'Donovan (née O'Connor), domestic servant. He was educated in local…

O'Connor (Glasgow), Terry

O'Connor (Glasgow), Terry (1897–1983), musician and music teacher, was born Mary Teresa O'Connor on 14 October 1897 in Johnstown, Waterford city, the second among at least four daughters of James O'Connor, grocer and vintner, and Brigid O'Connor (née Keirsey). Educated at the…

O'Connor, James

O'Connor, James (1836–1910), Fenian, journalist, and politician, was born 10 February 1836 in the Glen of Imaal, Co. Wicklow, son of Patrick O'Connor, farmer, and his wife (née Kearney). He received a national school education and from there started on a commercial career. One of…

O'Connor, James Arthur

O'Connor, James Arthur (1792–1841), artist, was born at 15 Aston's Quay, Dublin, the son of William O'Connor, an engraver and printseller. It is likely that William O'Connor trained his son in his profession; several etchings are among James Arthur O'Connor's earliest documented…

O'Connor, James Joseph

O'Connor, James Joseph (1874?–1955), principal of the Veterinary College of Ireland, may have been born on 22 May 1874, and was son of a prosperous farmer at Ward House, the Ward, north Co. Dublin. His parents were possibly Daniel O'Connor and Eliza O'Connor (née Moyles), and he…

O'Connor, James Malachy

O'Connor, James Malachy (1886–1974), physiologist, was born in Limerick on 9 February 1886, the son of Michael Roderick O'Connor, visiting physician at Barrington's Hospital, and Kathleen O'Connor (née Bowler). He was educated at the Crescent College, Limerick, and then entered…

O'Connor, Jerome Murphy-

O’Connor, Jerome Murphy- (1935–2013), priest and biblical scholar, was born James Murphy-O’Connor in Cork city on 10 April 1935, the eldest son of Kerry Murphy-O’Connor, a wine merchant, and his wife Mary (née McCrohan). He had a sister and two brothers. His was a clerical family: two…

O'Connor, John

O'Connor, John (1830–89), painter, was born 12 August 1830 in Co. Londonderry, third son of Francis O'Connor and Rose O'Connor (née Cunningham) of Bath. He was orphaned at the age of 12 and went to live with his uncle, who held the lease of the Liverpool and Belfast theatres; O'…

O'Connor, John

O'Connor, John (1849–1908), nationalist revolutionary, was born 26 May 1849 in the Glen of Imaal, Co. Wicklow, youngest son of Patrick O'Connor, farmer, and his wife (née Kearney). Educated at a national school, by the age of 16 he was already of a tall and athletic build and,…

O'Connor, John

O'Connor, John (1850–1928), Fenian and politician, was born in 1850 in Mallow, Co. Cork, only son of William O'Connor, a soldier, of Mallow, Co. Cork. He was educated by the Christian Brothers, after which he worked in a grocery business as a van driver and a commercial traveller…

O'Connor, John

O'Connor, John (John of St Dominic ) (d. 1678), Dominican priest and scholar, was a filius of Galway and was educated in Spain. From the early 1630s, while stationed at Segovia, he organised the collection of theological books (and alms for their purchase) in Spain for…

O'Connor, John Joseph

O'Connor, John Joseph (1870–1952), priest and writer, was born 5 December 1870 in Kilmacomma, Co. Waterford, son of Michael O'Connor, merchant, and Bridget O'Connor (née Mulcahy); his birth was registered in neighbouring Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Educated in Ireland by the Franciscans…

O'Connor, Laurence

O'Connor, Laurence (d. 1795), schoolmaster and Defender, lived near Summerhill, Co. Meath. He was said to have been once a turnpike keeper at Inchicore (on the outskirts of Dublin) and a ‘middling farmer’ at Agher, Co. Meath, on the estate of Samuel Winter, by whom he was highly…

O'Connor, Maghnus

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O'Connor, Maghnus

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O'Connor, Malachy

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