Hugh O'Brien [SEP] position held
Hugh O'Brien
Hugh O'Brien (July 13, 1827 – August 1, 1895) was the 31st mayor of Boston, from 1884–1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish and Catholic mayor, having emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1830s. O'Brien was the editor of the "Shipping and Commercial List", and served as a Boston alderman, from 1875–83.
See also.
- Timeline of Boston, 1880s
References.
- "Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors
O'Brien met Walter Osborne through her brother Dermod, and considered herself engaged to him, but Osborne died in 1903. A portrait of O'Brien by Osborne is held in the Hugh Lane Gallery. O'Brien died suddenly on 1 April 1925 whilst visiting Dermod at 66 Elm Park Gardens, London. She is buried at the family plot in Cahirmoyle.
Artistic work.
O'Brien returned to Ireland, and began to paint miniatures on ivory using a magnifying glass. She also painted watercolour landscapes. Her first exhibition with the Royal Hibernian Academy