Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Brien, William

O'BRIEN, William. Educ. at the Diocesan College of Cloyne, and Queen's College, Cork. He was for some years a writer in the "Freeman's Journal," and afterwards the Editor of "United Ireland"; founder of the United Irish League and of the All-for-Ireland League; son of the late James O'Brien, of Mallow; b. 1852; m. 1890, Miss Raffalovich, dau. of M. Herman Raffalovich, Paris: M.P. for Mallow, 1883-85; for South Tyrone, 1885-6; for North-East Div. of Cork, 1887-92; Cork City, 1892-95, 1900-03. 1904-09, elected for Cork City and N.E. Cork, Gen. Election of 1910, and elected to sit for former, which he represented till 1918. Pubns.: When we were Boys: Irish Ideas; A Queen of Men; Recollections; An Olive Branch in Ireland and its History, etc. Res.: Bellevue. Mallow, Co. Cork.