Conor O'Brien

Conor O'Brien

Conor O'Brien (1880-1952) was an intellectual, Irish aristocrat, republican, nationalist, pioneer in modern maritime theory, owner and captain of one of the first boats to sail under the tri-colour of the Irish Free State (during his circumnavigation in the Saoirse. This was the first small boat to sail around Cape Horn. It was the first boat flying the Irish tri-colour to enter many of the world's ports and harbours). He was a ship builder/designer (notable boats include the Saoirse and AK Ilen [http://www.ilen.ie/akilen_1.html The A.K "Ilen" – An Irish Maritime Project] ] ), gun runner for the IRB during the war of independence in Irelandcite book
last = Martin
first = F.X.
authorlink = F.X. Martin
coauthors = Eamon de Valera (Foreword)
title = The Howth Gun-Running and the Kilcoole Gun-Running, 1914
publisher = Browne and Nolan
year = 1964
location = Dublin
pages = xiv-136, passim
url =
doi =
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isbn = ] cite book
last = Dangerfield
first = George
authorlink = George Dangerfield
coauthors =
title = The Strange Death of Liberal England
publisher = MacGibbon & Kee
year = 1935
location = London
pages = p.335 (1966 edition)
url =
doi =
id =
isbn = 0-586-08025-2] , captain of a ship sailing in the merchant navy during WWII.

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*cite book
last = Holm
first = Donald (Don)
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title = The Circumnavigators: Small Boat Voyagers of Modern Times (Chapter 7)
publisher = Prentice-Hall
year = 1974
location = New York
pages = p. xvi, 496
url = http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/circumna/ci_07.htm
doi =
id =
isbn = 0-13-134452-9
*cite book
last = O'Brien
first = Conor
authorlink = Conor O'Brien
coauthors =
title = Across Three Oceans
publisher = E.Arnold
year = 1926
location = London
pages =
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doi =
id =
isbn = 0-246-12309-5
* [http://www.ilen.ie/akilen_1.html The A.K "Ilen" – An Irish Maritime Project]
* [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/o/OBrien,Conor/life.htm Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco) - Conor O'Brien: "Life, Works, Criticism, Notes"]
* [http://www.foynesyachtclub.com Foynes Yacht Club - History] (paragraph 2 on Conor O'Brien and the "Saoirse")
* [http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/06/25/shead.htm Irish Examiner] 25 June, 1998 sports page "No sour grapes as Kiss licks all in Wine Race", (last paragraph on Conor O'Brien and the "Ilen").

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