Thomas O'Connor (writer)
Thomas O'Connor (or O'Conor) (1 September 1770 in Dublin, Ireland – 9 February 1855 in Sands Point, New York) was an Irishman who in 1801 emigrated from County Roscommon, Ireland to New York where he devoted himself chiefly to journalism. Pedigree Thomas O'Connor was the second son of Charles O'Conor (1736-1808) of Mount Allen and the grandson of the famed historian and antiquarian, Charles O'Conor O'Conor Don (Irish: Cathal Ó Conchubhair Donn) of Belanagare (1710-1791). The elder Charles wrote ''Dissertations on the ancient history of Ireland'', as well as several other important historical works. This branch of the O'Conor family (O'Conor Don or Ó Conchubhair Donn in Irish) is one of Europe's most ancient, which has an unbroken line to A.D. 75, which includes Rory O'Conor or ''Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair'' (d. 1198) last High King of Ireland. Biography Thomas was a member of the United Irishmen, he took the oath from Wolfe Tone. O'Connor was actively involved in the Irish Re ...
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Dublin, Ireland
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europe after the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922, Dublin becam ...
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