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Joseph Victor O'Connor (born 20 September 1963) is an Irish novelist. His 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea was an international number one bestseller. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper and Esquire magazine . [ 1 ]
Star of the Sea is a historical novel by the Irish writer Joseph O'Connor published in 2002. The novel is set in 1847 against the backdrop of the Irish famine. Star of the Sea became an international number one bestseller, selling more than 800,000 copies in a year.
O'Conor was born in Dublin [3] [4] [5] on 14 February 1916, the son of Frances (née Call) and Daniel O'Conor. [4] His family moved to London, where he attended the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, the University of London and RADA. [3] [5] He made his professional stage debut in 1939 playing Flavius, Trebonius, and Titinius in a modern-dress ...
Sinéad O'Connor. For the fictional character from Hollyoaks, see Sinead O'Connor ( Hollyoaks). Shuhada' Sadaqat[ a] (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor / ʃɪˈneɪd / shin-AYD; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist. [ 8] Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and ...
John Joseph O'Connor (January 15, 1920 – May 3, 2000) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1984 until his death in 2000, and was made a cardinal in 1985. O'Connor previously served as a U.S. Navy chaplain (1952 to 1979), including four years as chief of chaplains, as an auxiliary bishop of the Military ...
Josh O'Connor. Joshua O'Connor (born 20 May 1990) [ 1] is a British actor. After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, he had supporting roles in television series such as Doctor Who in 2013 and Peaky Blinders in 2014. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a sheep farmer in Francis Lee 's romantic drama God's Own Country ...
Timothy Joseph O'Connor (July 3, 1927 – April 5, 2018) was an American character actor known for his prolific work in television, although he made only a few appearances after the early 1990s. Before moving to California, he lived on an island in the middle of Glen Wild Lake, located in Bloomingdale, New Jersey , 30 miles from Manhattan.
John Joseph O'Connor (November 9, 1904 – June 5, 1978) was an American historian, sociologist, author, and educator who specialized in social justice and improving relations between different racial and religious groups. John J. O'Connor (historian),1926