J. F. X. O'Brien | |
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| Member of Parliament for South Mayo | |
| In office 18 December 1885 – 7 August 1895 | |
| Member of Parliament for Cork City | |
| In office 7 August 1895 – 8 February 1906 | |
| President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood | |
| In office 1882–1891 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Kickham |
| Succeeded by | John O'Leary |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Francis Xavier O'Brien October 13, 1828 Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland |
| Died | May 28, 1905 (aged 76) London, England |
| Resting place | Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin |
James Francis Xavier (J. F. X.) O'Brien (13[1] or 16 October 1828[2] – 28 May 1905)[2] was an Irish nationalist Fenian revolutionary in the 1860s. He was later elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish Parliamentary Party.
- ^ Mark F. Ryan, Fenian Memories, M. H. Gill and Son, Ltd, Dublin, 1945. Pg. 34
- ^ a b R. B. O'Brien, "O'Brien, James Francis Xavier (1828–1905)", rev. R. V. Comerford, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 17 February 2008. The 1912 version of this entry is available online here