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.[1] He remained in parliament until he retired from politics in 1889.[2] At the time of his death he was editor of Dublin's Evening Telegraph.
He is mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses when a matrimonial gift of a stuffed owl given by "alderman Hooper" is described along with a number of items sitting on a mantelpiece.[3]
^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. . Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
^Fitzpatrick, William J. History of the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries, Dublin:1900, ch. XIX.
john, hooper, irish, politician, john, hooper, 1846, november, 1897, irish, nationalist, journalist, politician, house, commons, united, kingdom, great, britain, ireland, member, irish, parliamentary, party, represented, south, east, cork, from, 1885, 1889, be. 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 1 He remained in parliament until he retired from politics in 1889 2 At the time of his death he was editor of Dublin s Evening Telegraph He is mentioned in James Joyce s Ulysses when a matrimonial gift of a stuffed owl given by alderman Hooper is described along with a number of items sitting on a mantelpiece 3 Two of his sons William and Richard won International soccer caps clarification needed for Ireland Another of his sons John was the first Director of Statistics in the Irish Free State 4 His eldest son Patrick Hooper edited the Freeman s Journal and served as a Senator 5 Hooper is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery Dublin References Edit 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 amp Arch Jn xciii no 252 1988 pp 93 103 Mary Mandeville A narrative of my husband s treatment at Tullamore as stated by him to me on his return Archived from the original on 14 August 2009 Retrieved 6 February 2008 Fitzpatrick William J History of the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries Dublin 1900 ch XIX Ulysses Chap 6 http www cso ie aboutus histperspect htm John Hooper by Felix Larkin RIA Cambridge Dictionary of Irish Biography Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPsExternal links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by John HooperParliament of the United KingdomNew constituency Member of Parliament for South East Cork1885 1887 Succeeded byJohn Morrogh Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Hooper Irish politician amp oldid 1163649987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
