John O'Brien papers
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Lenihan, Maurice, 1811-1895
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Maurice Lenihan was born on February 5, 1811 in Waterford, Ireland. He received his early education at a school attached to St. John’s Seminary, before moving to Carlow College in 1823, where he boarded for eight years. In 1831, he began working at the Tipperary Press, before moving to the Waterford Chronicle in 1833. By 1841, he was editor of the Limerick Reporter. He settled in Nenagh, North Tipperary (now County Tipperary), established his own newspaper, the Tipperary Vindicator, and married ...
O'Brien, John, 1838-1917
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John O’Brien was born on April 2, 1838 in County Cork, Ireland. O’Brien and his parents, James and Margaret (Foley) O’Brien, emigrated to the United States in 1850. He first worked on his uncle’s farm in West Springfield, Massachusetts, before securing employment in the mule-room of the nearby cotton factory, which had only begun hiring Catholics a few years earlier. O’Brien was outspoken in his defense of the Catholic faith, ultimately organizing a Sunday school for the children and young peopl...