O'Connor, T. P. (Thomas Power) (1848–1929), an Irish nationalist and journalist affectionately known as “Tay Pay”. In the House of Commons, where he served from 1880 until his death, he was a persistent fighter for Irish Home Rule. He founded and edited several newspapers, for which he wrote nationalistic articles. He wrote a biography of Benjamin Disraeli, Life of Lord Beaconsfield (1876), portraying his subject unfavorably. O'Connor was born in Athlone and graduated from Queens College, Galway.