Thomas Power O'Connor, PC, known as T. P. O'Connor and occasionally as Tay Pay, was an Irish nationalist politician and journalist who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for nearly fifty years.
T. P. O'Connor in 1917
Bust of journalist and politician T. P. O'Connor in Fleet Street, London. The inscription reads, "His pen could lay bare the bones of a book or the soul of a statesman in a few vivid lines."
Athlone is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of 22,869 in the 2022 census.
From centre: the Church of Saints Peter and Paul sits on the bank of the River Shannon; Athlone Castle
Athlone Castle, Church of Saints Peter and Paul and the River Shannon
St. Mary's Church, Roman Catholic in Athlone
Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Athlone