Cornelius O'Brien (County Clare)
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Sir Cornelius O'Brien (1782 – 1857)was an Irish politician.[1]
He built a tower, now referred to as O'Brien's Tower on the Cliffs of Moher in 1835 as an observation tower for the hundreds of tourists that frequented the cliffs during the time. O'Brien's Tower stands on a headland of the Cliffs of Moher.[citation needed]
Folklore holds that Cornelius O'Brien was a man ahead of his time, believing that the development of tourism would benefit the local economy and bring people out of poverty. O'Brien also built a wall of Moher flagstones along the Cliffs, and it is said in the locality that he built everything around here except the Cliffs. He died in 1857 and his remains lie in the O'Brien vault in the graveyard adjoining St Brigid’s Well.[citation needed]
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- ^ "House of Commons constituencies: C (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons4.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
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| Preceded by Maurice O'Connell William Nugent Macnamara |
Member of Parliament for Clare with William Nugent Macnamara 1832–1847 |
Succeeded by Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bt William Nugent Macnamara |
