John O'Connell Bianconi
John Charles William Coppinger O’Connell (19 October 1871 – 14 October 1929), later known as John Charles William Coppinger O’Connell Bianconi[1] was an Irish land-owner and entrepreneur active in Clare.
He was the son of Morgan John O'Connell (MP for County Kerry and a nephew of Daniel O'Connell) and his wife Mary Anne Bianconi, the daughter of Italian immigrant and entrepreneur Charles Bianconi[2]. He was raised in Ballylean House.[3] He was High Sheriff of Clare, a Justice of the Peace, an officer in the National Volunteers, prominent in the Land commission and co-operative movement and a popular landlord.[4]
Heritage
A bar in Kildysart, "The Bianconi" was named in his honor (now changed to "Mitchells Bar").[citation needed]
References
- ^ Landed Estates Database, NUI Galway, FAMILY: O'CONNELL (BARRYSCOURT) http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/family-show.jsp?id=2058
- ^ Bernard Burke, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, "A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland", pg. 522, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft/page/518
- ^ James Hehir, "Lack School - 1863 to 1975: A History of the School and its Pupils", 2015, http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/lack_school/personalitiesa.htm
- ^ Walter McGrath, "Ireland's Unique Farm Railway"