[Thomas Power]. Irish statesman, born at Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1848; was educated at Queen’s College, Galway, and at Queen’s University, Cork. He first engaged in newspaper-writing in Dublin, then went to London in 1870, and worked on the Daily Telegraph and other journals. He published, in 1876, a complete life of the then Premier, in a single volume, entitled Lord Beaconsfield: A Biography. Mr. O’Connor was elected member for the town of Galway at the general election of 1880, and soon became one of the most active and prominent members of the party led by Mr. Parnell. He was one of the executives of the Land League, both in England and Ireland. In October 1881, he came to the United States and lectured on the Irish cause to large gatherings in nearly all the great cities, during a tour which extended over seven months, and raised a large sum of money. In 1883 he was elected president of the “Irish National League of Great Britain.” He edited a Cabinet of Irish Literature, and wrote a large number of tales, essays and magazine articles. In 1885 he published his principal work, The Parnell Movement. He is now a Member of Parliament from a Liverpool district, and is editor of the London Sun and Sunday Sun.
