310:. O'Connor purchased 76 Harcourt Street for Michael Collins, following a raid on the Sinn Féin Office at No. 6. There he installed a secret recess for private papers and means of escape through the skylight. When the recess escaped discovery following a raid, he went on to construct hiding places in many of the other houses used by the movement. In 5 Mespil Road, Collins' headquarters for over 15 months during the
314:, O'Connor fitted a small cupboard in the woodwork beneath the kitchen stairs on the ground floor. Before leaving each evening, Collins would hide his papers here. When the house was finally raided in April 1921, the hideaway escaped detection. O'Connor was one of the shareholders of the National Land Bank which was set up in March 1920 at 68 Lower Leeson Street.
331:
By
January 1922 O'Connor acknowledged war-weariness amongst the people. The Irish leaders realised that they could not drive the British "into the sea" as they had hoped. "Most of the commandants made a report of their fighting strength." They could "go on and fill up this whole page reports from the
275:
On his release in
September 1916, O'Connor re-established his business and took up his political activities. During this period, O'Connor describes being asked by Clarke's widow to preserve writings on the wall of that house, which she held to be her husband's last message: 'We had to evacuate the
209:
as a key moment in his coming to political consciousness: "I walked in the procession, and in the emotion I felt, walking as one of that vast crowd of Irish emigrants celebrating our national festival, I awoke to full consciousness of my love for my country. That awaking was one of the forces
339:. During the Dáil debates, O'Connor called certain women "holy terrors" and spoke of "mud-slinging" and "name-calling." He was afraid of those six wild women in the Dáil who opposed to the Treaty. Ironically, it was O'Connor that had built the false wall in
321:). According to O'Connor, the loan raised almost £400,000, of which £25,000 was in gold. The loan, which had been declared illegal, was lodged in the individual bank accounts of the trustees; the gold was kept under the floor of O'Connor's house until 1922.
210:
bringing me home, and it led me inevitably to the day when I joined the Gaelic League two years after my return, and to another memorable occasion when a few years later I took my oath to the Irish
Republican Brotherhood by the graveside of Wolfe Tone."
33:
772:
276:
GPO. The boys put up a grand fight, and that fight will save the soul of
Ireland.' O'Connor had the whole square of plaster cut out intact and encased in a frame with a glass front (now on display in
198:, the son of mason Dan O'Connor and Ellen Curtin. At seventeen he left school to become a stonemason. In October 1893, aged twenty-three he went to Boston, where he stayed five years.
765:
758:
287:
at 46 Parnell Square and took part in the re-organising of the fragmented IRB. He canvassed for by-elections in
Kilkenny and Armagh on behalf of Sinn Féin candidates
1178:
400:
remarked bitterly that it "was written in the strain of a garrulous war-widow who struts around in her old man's war medals, full of sighs and sidelong glances."
347:
found refuge. O'Malley was severely wounded and captured there by pro-Treaty forces on 4 November after a shoot-out that cost a Free State soldier his life.
1519:
1515:
233:
O'Connor joined the Gaelic League in 1900, through which he came into contact with many of the future leaders of the independence movement, including
529:
225:. O'Connor also built the houses on Brendan Road, and gave the street its name, eventually getting married and settling in No.1 Brendan Road.
396:
He wrote a short memoir, "With
Michael Collins In The Fight For Irish Independence," which was published in London by Peter Davies in 1929.
801:
785:
359:
183:
71:
495:
O'Connor, Batt. "With
Michael Collins In The Fight For Irish Independence", 2nd ed. (Millstreet: Aubane Historical Society), (pp. 75–76).
1583:
1578:
1573:
1568:
1563:
213:
On his return to
Ireland, O'Connor moved to Dublin, where he soon established himself as a "speculative builder" constructing houses in
519:
O'Connor, Batt. "With
Michael Collins In The Fight For Irish Independence", 2nd ed., Millstreet: Aubane Historical Society (pp. 96–97).
1357:
964:
486:
O'Connor, Batt. "With
Michael Collins In The Fight For Irish Independence", 2nd ed., Millstreet: Aubane Historical Society, (p. 33).
260:(he was at home in Brosna for the first week of it), O'Connor was recognised and arrested on his return to Dublin. He was sent to
1553:
1153:
555:
O'Connor, Batt "With Michael Collins In The Fight For Irish Independence" 2nd ed., Millstreet: Aubane Historical Society (p. 87).
1340:
1026:
973:
904:
386:
1162:
991:
404:
370:
307:
60:
465:
234:
1035:
242:
577:
Batt O'Connor to his sister Marie O'Connor on 22 Jan 1922. UCDA P68/4; Charles Townshend, "The Republic" (pp. 350–351).
1195:
355:
324:
O'Connor was instrumental in convincing Collins that he had to be part of the Irish team to be sent to London for the
431:
1498:
1465:
1399:
630:
1144:
1017:
311:
277:
269:
1127:
1558:
202:
750:
1263:
1204:
460:
533:
1548:
1543:
1230:
656:
238:
397:
171:
131:
332:
fighting men they all realized the resources of the country could not stand another year of war."
955:
886:
336:
325:
284:
222:
1053:
681:
351:
318:
250:
797:
344:
265:
1373:
1221:
1111:
378:
292:
246:
1281:
1272:
922:
261:
1390:
895:
781:
179:
47:
1305:
1102:
1085:
1008:
982:
946:
877:
366:
340:
288:
1537:
1331:
1314:
1044:
913:
303:
257:
218:
214:
605:
1456:
1439:
1246:
408:
206:
195:
100:
299:
317:
O'Connor played a role in the Dáil Loan (raised by Collins to fund the fledgling
374:
390:
32:
1489:
506:
412:
382:
175:
136:
686:
117:
724:
Women of the Dail: Gender, Republicanism and the Anglo-Irish Treaty
381:. He retained his seat at the next four general elections, joining
343:' house in Ballsbridge behind which IRA Assistant Chief of Staff
335:
He took the pro-Treaty side during the subsequent split over the
754:
283:
O'Connor reconnected with members of the Keating Branch of the
365:
After the death in November 1923 of Cumann na nGaedheal TD
669:
O’Donnell, Peadar "The Gates Flew Open" 1932 (chapter 5).
717:
With Michael Collins In The Fight For Irish Independence
369:, O'Connor was the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate at the
811:
807:
1405:
1471:
1287:
928:
546:
Collins 22 Society page on "The National Loan 1920".
682:
Letters from Batt O'Connor (1870–1935) UCD Archives
153:
145:
124:
107:
86:
81:
67:
46:
23:
393:. He served as a Trustee of Cumann na nGaedheal.
385:when Cumann na nGaedheal merged in 1933 with the
16:Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician (1870–1935)
703:Michael Collins and the making of a New Ireland
403:After O'Connor's death on 7 February 1935, the
745:The Republic: The Fight For Irish Independence
595:UCDA P61/4(50), Brigid Gallogly questionnaire.
194:Batt O'Connor was born 4 July 1870 in Brosna,
766:
373:on 19 March 1924, when he was elected to the
298:O'Connor was involved with the revolutionary
170:(4 July 1870 – 7 February 1935) was an Irish
8:
256:While not directly involved during the 1916
350:O'Connor was an unsuccessful candidate for
773:
759:
751:
306:, handling money and hiding documents for
31:
20:
586:Knirck, "Women of the Dail", (pp. 97–98).
817:
245:(IRB) in 1909. O'Connor enrolled in the
423:
201:O'Connor describes participating in a
454:
452:
7:
654:Cumann na nGaedheal advertisement.
268:, Wandsworth Prison and finally to
698:University College Dublin Archives
14:
802:Dublin County (Dáil constituency)
631:"By-election 1924: Dublin County"
504:Obituaries: Mr. Batt O'Connor
405:1935 Dublin County by-election
1:
568:(London, Arrow Books), p. 228
466:Dictionary of Irish Biography
328:negotiations in autumn 1921.
302:party during the time of the
1514:Constituency abolished. See
243:Irish Republican Brotherhood
436:Oireachtas Members Database
249:in 1913, the same night as
63: – 7 February 1935
1600:
1512:
1161:
1159:
1034:
1032:
795:
1480:
1455:
1453:
1447:
1438:
1436:
1430:
1422:
1414:
1398:
1396:
1389:
1387:
1381:
1356:
1354:
1348:
1330:
1328:
1322:
1296:
1280:
1278:
1262:
1260:
1254:
1245:
1243:
1229:
1227:
1220:
1218:
1212:
1203:
1201:
1186:
1177:
1175:
1152:
1150:
1135:
1126:
1124:
1110:
1108:
1101:
1099:
1093:
1068:
1066:
1052:
1050:
1043:
1041:
1025:
1023:
1016:
1014:
999:
981:
979:
963:
961:
937:
868:
861:
856:
851:
846:
841:
836:
831:
826:
793:
687:Aubane Historical Society
371:Dublin County by-election
312:Irish War of Independence
161:
77:
53:
42:
30:
530:"The National Loan 1920"
270:Frongoch internment camp
241:. He was sworn into the
1584:Members of the 8th Dáil
1579:Members of the 7th Dáil
1574:Members of the 6th Dáil
1569:Members of the 5th Dáil
1564:Members of the 4th Dáil
1554:Cumann na nGaedheal TDs
564:Tim Pat Coogan (1991).
461:"O'Connor, Bartholomew"
178:) politician. He was a
432:"Bartholomew O'Connor"
221:, Eglington Road, and
205:parade in Providence,
387:National Centre Party
356:1923 general election
1231:Margaret Mary Pearse
743:Townshend, Charles,
635:ElectionsIreland.org
610:ElectionsIreland.org
229:Political activities
168:Bartholomew O'Connor
1520:Dublin County South
1516:Dublin County North
731:The Gates Flew Open
729:O'Donnell, Peadar,
510:. 12 February 1935.
203:Saint Patrick's Day
186:from 1924 to 1935.
172:Cumann na nGaedheal
132:Cumann na nGaedheal
1128:Gearóid O'Sullivan
1027:Desmond FitzGerald
974:Desmond FitzGerald
956:George Gavan Duffy
905:Desmond FitzGerald
887:George Gavan Duffy
337:Anglo-Irish Treaty
326:Anglo-Irish Treaty
272:, in North Wales.
1531:
1530:
1526:
1525:
738:Raids and Rallies
736:O'Malley, Ernie,
708:Coogan, Tim Pat,
701:Beaslai, Piaras,
657:Freeman's Journal
266:Richmond Barracks
239:Seán Mac Diarmada
165:
164:
1591:
1367:1947 by-election
1240:1935 by-election
1222:John A. Costello
1172:1930 by-election
1121:1927 by-election
1079:1926 by-election
1063:1924 by-election
818:
815:
775:
768:
761:
752:
670:
667:
661:
652:
646:
645:
643:
641:
627:
621:
620:
618:
616:
602:
596:
593:
587:
584:
578:
575:
569:
562:
556:
553:
547:
545:
543:
541:
532:. Archived from
526:
520:
517:
511:
502:
496:
493:
487:
484:
478:
477:
475:
473:
459:Coleman, Marie.
456:
447:
446:
444:
442:
428:
398:Peadar O'Donnell
293:Patrick McCartan
278:Collins Barracks
247:Irish Volunteers
114:
96:
94:
82:Personal details
58:
37:O'Connor in 1920
35:
21:
1599:
1598:
1594:
1593:
1592:
1590:
1589:
1588:
1534:
1533:
1532:
1527:
1501:
1492:
1475:1961–1969
1474:
1468:
1459:
1442:
1409:1948–1961
1408:
1402:
1393:
1376:
1360:
1343:
1334:
1317:
1308:
1291:1937–1948
1290:
1284:
1282:Patrick Fogarty
1275:
1273:Gerrard McGowan
1266:
1249:
1233:
1224:
1207:
1198:
1181:
1165:
1156:
1147:
1130:
1114:
1105:
1088:
1072:
1056:
1054:Kevin O'Higgins
1047:
1038:
1029:
1020:
1011:
994:
985:
976:
967:
958:
949:
932:1921–1923
931:
925:
923:Margaret Pearse
916:
907:
898:
889:
880:
863:
858:
853:
848:
843:
838:
833:
828:
816:
805:
789:
779:
722:Knirck, Jason,
715:Davies, Peter,
710:Eamon de Valera
695:
678:
673:
668:
664:
660:. 21 July 1923.
653:
649:
639:
637:
629:
628:
624:
614:
612:
606:"Batt O'Connor"
604:
603:
599:
594:
590:
585:
581:
576:
572:
566:Michael Collins
563:
559:
554:
550:
539:
537:
528:
527:
523:
518:
514:
503:
499:
494:
490:
485:
481:
471:
469:
458:
457:
450:
440:
438:
430:
429:
425:
421:
308:Michael Collins
262:Kilmainham Gaol
251:Éamon de Valera
231:
192:
149:Bridget Dennehy
141:
125:Political party
116:
112:
111:7 February 1935
98:
92:
90:
59:
54:
38:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1597:
1595:
1587:
1586:
1581:
1576:
1571:
1566:
1561:
1556:
1551:
1546:
1536:
1535:
1529:
1528:
1524:
1523:
1511:
1508:
1504:
1503:
1496:
1494:
1487:
1485:
1482:
1478:
1477:
1470:
1463:
1461:
1454:
1452:
1449:
1445:
1444:
1437:
1435:
1432:
1428:
1427:
1424:
1420:
1419:
1416:
1412:
1411:
1404:
1397:
1395:
1388:
1386:
1383:
1379:
1378:
1371:
1369:
1363:
1362:
1355:
1353:
1350:
1346:
1345:
1338:
1336:
1329:
1327:
1324:
1320:
1319:
1312:
1310:
1306:Patrick Belton
1303:
1301:
1298:
1294:
1293:
1286:
1279:
1277:
1270:
1268:
1264:Henry Dockrell
1261:
1259:
1256:
1252:
1251:
1244:
1242:
1236:
1235:
1228:
1226:
1219:
1217:
1214:
1210:
1209:
1205:Henry Dockrell
1202:
1200:
1196:Patrick Curran
1193:
1191:
1188:
1184:
1183:
1176:
1174:
1168:
1167:
1160:
1158:
1151:
1149:
1142:
1140:
1137:
1133:
1132:
1125:
1123:
1117:
1116:
1109:
1107:
1103:Patrick Belton
1100:
1098:
1095:
1091:
1090:
1086:William Norton
1083:
1081:
1075:
1074:
1067:
1065:
1059:
1058:
1051:
1049:
1042:
1040:
1033:
1031:
1024:
1022:
1015:
1013:
1009:Michael Derham
1006:
1004:
1001:
997:
996:
989:
987:
983:Darrell Figgis
980:
978:
971:
969:
965:Thomas Johnson
962:
960:
953:
951:
947:Michael Derham
944:
942:
939:
935:
934:
927:
920:
918:
911:
909:
902:
900:
893:
891:
884:
882:
878:Michael Derham
875:
873:
870:
866:
865:
860:
855:
850:
845:
840:
835:
830:
825:
822:
796:This table is
794:
791:
790:
784:(TDs) for the
780:
778:
777:
770:
763:
755:
749:
748:
741:
734:
727:
720:
713:
706:
699:
694:
691:
690:
689:
684:
677:
676:External links
674:
672:
671:
662:
647:
622:
597:
588:
579:
570:
557:
548:
536:on 15 May 2013
521:
512:
497:
488:
479:
448:
422:
420:
417:
367:Michael Derham
362:constituency.
345:Ernie O'Malley
341:Nell Humphreys
289:W. T. Cosgrave
230:
227:
191:
188:
163:
162:
159:
158:
155:
151:
150:
147:
143:
142:
140:
139:
134:
128:
126:
122:
121:
115:(aged 64)
109:
105:
104:
88:
84:
83:
79:
78:
75:
74:
69:
65:
64:
51:
50:
44:
43:
40:
39:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1596:
1585:
1582:
1580:
1577:
1575:
1572:
1570:
1567:
1565:
1562:
1560:
1559:Fine Gael TDs
1557:
1555:
1552:
1550:
1547:
1545:
1542:
1541:
1539:
1522:
1521:
1517:
1509:
1506:
1505:
1500:
1497:
1495:
1491:
1488:
1486:
1483:
1479:
1476:
1467:
1464:
1462:
1458:
1450:
1446:
1441:
1433:
1429:
1425:
1421:
1417:
1413:
1410:
1401:
1392:
1384:
1380:
1375:
1374:Seán MacBride
1372:
1370:
1368:
1365:
1364:
1359:
1358:Patrick Burke
1351:
1347:
1342:
1339:
1337:
1333:
1332:Liam Cosgrave
1325:
1321:
1316:
1315:Thomas Mullen
1313:
1311:
1307:
1304:
1302:
1299:
1295:
1292:
1283:
1274:
1271:
1269:
1265:
1257:
1253:
1248:
1241:
1238:
1237:
1232:
1223:
1215:
1211:
1206:
1197:
1194:
1192:
1189:
1185:
1180:
1179:Thomas Finlay
1173:
1170:
1169:
1164:
1155:
1154:Joseph Murphy
1146:
1143:
1141:
1138:
1134:
1129:
1122:
1119:
1118:
1113:
1112:Seán MacEntee
1104:
1096:
1092:
1087:
1084:
1082:
1080:
1077:
1076:
1071:
1070:Batt O'Connor
1064:
1061:
1060:
1055:
1046:
1045:Kathleen Lynn
1037:
1028:
1019:
1010:
1007:
1005:
1002:
998:
993:
990:
988:
984:
975:
972:
970:
966:
957:
954:
952:
948:
945:
943:
940:
936:
933:
924:
921:
919:
915:
914:Frank Lawless
912:
910:
906:
903:
901:
897:
894:
892:
888:
885:
883:
879:
876:
874:
871:
867:
823:
820:
819:
813:
809:
803:
799:
792:
787:
786:Dublin County
783:
782:Teachtaí Dála
776:
771:
769:
764:
762:
757:
756:
753:
747:(London 2014)
746:
742:
740:(Dublin 1982)
739:
735:
733:(Dublin 1932)
732:
728:
726:(Dublin 2006)
725:
721:
719:(London 1929)
718:
714:
712:(London 1993)
711:
707:
705:(Dublin 1926)
704:
700:
697:
696:
692:
688:
685:
683:
680:
679:
675:
666:
663:
659:
658:
651:
648:
636:
632:
626:
623:
611:
607:
601:
598:
592:
589:
583:
580:
574:
571:
567:
561:
558:
552:
549:
535:
531:
525:
522:
516:
513:
509:
508:
501:
498:
492:
489:
483:
480:
468:
467:
462:
455:
453:
449:
437:
433:
427:
424:
418:
416:
414:
410:
406:
401:
399:
394:
392:
388:
384:
380:
379:Seán MacEntee
376:
372:
368:
363:
361:
360:Dublin County
357:
353:
348:
346:
342:
338:
333:
329:
327:
322:
320:
315:
313:
309:
305:
301:
296:
294:
290:
286:
285:Gaelic League
281:
279:
273:
271:
267:
263:
259:
258:Easter Rising
254:
252:
248:
244:
240:
236:
228:
226:
224:
220:
219:Dolphins Barn
216:
215:Anglesea Road
211:
208:
204:
199:
197:
189:
187:
185:
184:Dublin County
181:
177:
173:
169:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
138:
135:
133:
130:
129:
127:
123:
119:
110:
106:
102:
89:
85:
80:
76:
73:
72:Dublin County
70:
66:
62:
57:
52:
49:
45:
41:
34:
29:
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