On Friday, January 27th at 8pm, Dr. Michael M. O’Connor will deliver a talk on ‘Slaveholders in the British Caribbean with a County Mayo Connection (1670-1834)’ in the Michael Davitt Museum. Admission FREE.
Dr. Michael O’Connor is a lawyer, independent researcher, and author. He holds first-class honours degrees in law from Trinity College Dublin and the University of Cambridge and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin. He is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales and the High Court of Ireland. He was, for many years, a partner in one of Ireland’s largest law firms. His research interests include legal history, slavery, women and the laws of men and the history and lives of ordinary people.
Recent publications include Anatomy of a County Gaol – County Mayo, A History of Imprisonment, Capital Punishment & Transportation (2020), and Caribbean Slave Owners & Other Lesser-Known Histories from County Mayo (2021).
Michael has travelled extensively and lived for five years in the Middle East. He has visited many of the islands in the Caribbean and other former British Colonies in connection with his research and writing. A native of County Mayo, he now lives in Murrisk.