Person:James O'Connor (3)

The Fenian James O'Connor, who, during the year of Moya's birth was held in Kilmainham Jail for his political activities. He had already served a sentence from 1865-1869, for 'feloniously conspiring to depose the Queen'. He was on the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. In the latter part of his life, while Moya was growing up, he espoused the parliamentary tradition and served as a Member of Parliament in Westminster for West Wicklow from 1892 until his death in 1910.