John Hooper (politician)

John Hooper (politician)

John Hooper (1846 - 23 November, 1897) was an Irish nationalist journalist, politician and MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented South-East Cork from 1885 to 1889.

He began his career on the "Cork Herald", and later joined the staff of the "Freeman's Journal", serving as its Parliamentary correspondent for a considerable time. He entered parliament in 1885 under the auspices of Charles Stewart Parnell.

In December 1887 he was imprisoned in Tullamore Jail, along with T. D. Sullivan for publishing reports of suppressed branches of the Irish National League [Mandeville, Mary. "A narrative of my husband's treatment at Tullamore, as stated by him to me on his return". (Geary, Lawrence M., ed.) "Cork Hist. & Arch. Jn." xciii, no.252 (1988), pp 93-103. [http://www.offalyhistory.com/articles/81/1/Mary-Mandeville-quotA-narrative-of-my-husband039s-treatment-at-Tullamore-as-stated-by-him-to-me-on-his-returnquot/Page1.html] ] . He remained in parliament until he retired from politics in 1889. [Fitzpatrick, William J. "History of the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries," Dublin:1900, ch. XIX. [http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/cemeteries/cem19.htm] ] At the time of his death he was editor of the Dublin "Evening Telegraph".

Hooper is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. ["ibid." [http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/cemeteries/cem19.htm] ]

He is mentioned in James Joyce's "Ulysses" when a matrimonial gift of an embalmed owl given by "alderman Hooper" is described along with a number of items sitting on a mantelpiece. [Joyce, James. "Ulysses", Chap. 6 [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)/Chapter_6] ]

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