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'''[[Sir]] John Robert O'Connell''' [[Member of the Royal Irish Academy|MRIA]], [[Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]] (1868–28 December 1943) was an Irish solicitor, business man, and, after the death of his wife, a Roman Catholic priest. |
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O'Connell was born in 1868 the only son of Thomas Francis O'Connell, a solicitor of [[Dublin]], Ireland. He is education was a Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws. He was admitted as a solicitor in Ireland in 1889, and became head of the firm of Thomas F. O'Connell & Son, Solicitors, Dublin;. He held a directorship of the National Bank of Ireland, Ltd.; solicitor to Dublin and South Eastern Railway Co.; was a member of governing body of [[University College Cork]]; Vice-President Statistical and Social Enquiry Society of Ireland; and member of Board of Superintendence of Dublin Hospitals.<ref name="TIWW">{{cite TIWW|O'Connell, Sir John Robert|p=184}}</ref> |
O'Connell was born in 1868 the only son of Thomas Francis O'Connell, a solicitor of [[Dublin]], Ireland. He is education was a Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws. He was admitted as a solicitor in Ireland in 1889, and became head of the firm of Thomas F. O'Connell & Son, Solicitors, Dublin;. He held a directorship of the National Bank of Ireland, Ltd.; solicitor to Dublin and South Eastern Railway Co.; was a member of governing body of [[University College Cork]]; Vice-President Statistical and Social Enquiry Society of Ireland; and member of Board of Superintendence of Dublin Hospitals.<ref name="TIWW">{{cite TIWW|O'Connell, Sir John Robert|p=184}}</ref> |
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He married Mary Scally, eldest daughter of Thomas Scally of Deepwell in 1901. He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1914, and was a [[justice of the peace]] for County Cork.<ref name="TIWW" /> Following the death of his wife in 1929 he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Westminster by [[Cardinal Bourne]]. He was attached for a time to Warwick-street Church and St. Patrick's Soho-square, London, and died at [[Brockenhurst]], Hampshire, on 28 December 1943.<ref>{{cite news |title=[[s:Gloucestershire Echo/1943/Rev. Sir John O'Connell|Rev. Sir John O'Connell]] |work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=29 December 1943 |page=4 |language=English}}</ref> |
He married Mary Scally, eldest daughter of Thomas Scally of Deepwell in 1901. He was created a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1914, and was a [[justice of the peace]] for [[County Cork]].<ref name="TIWW" /> Following the death of his wife in 1929 he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Westminster by [[Cardinal Bourne]]. He was attached for a time to Warwick-street Church and St. Patrick's Soho-square, London, and died at [[Brockenhurst]], Hampshire, on 28 December 1943.<ref>{{cite news |title=[[s:Gloucestershire Echo/1943/Rev. Sir John O'Connell|Rev. Sir John O'Connell]] |work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=29 December 1943 |page=4 |language=English}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:30, 2 April 2021
Sir John Robert O'Connell MRIA, FSA (1868–28 December 1943) was an Irish solicitor, business man, and, after the death of his wife, a Roman Catholic priest.
O'Connell was born in 1868 the only son of Thomas Francis O'Connell, a solicitor of Dublin, Ireland. He is education was a Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws. He was admitted as a solicitor in Ireland in 1889, and became head of the firm of Thomas F. O'Connell & Son, Solicitors, Dublin;. He held a directorship of the National Bank of Ireland, Ltd.; solicitor to Dublin and South Eastern Railway Co.; was a member of governing body of University College Cork; Vice-President Statistical and Social Enquiry Society of Ireland; and member of Board of Superintendence of Dublin Hospitals.[1]
He married Mary Scally, eldest daughter of Thomas Scally of Deepwell in 1901. He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1914, and was a justice of the peace for County Cork.[1] Following the death of his wife in 1929 he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Westminster by Cardinal Bourne. He was attached for a time to Warwick-street Church and St. Patrick's Soho-square, London, and died at Brockenhurst, Hampshire, on 28 December 1943.[2]
References
- ^ a b . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923 – via Wikisource.
- ^ . Gloucestershire Echo. 29 December 1943. p. 4.
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