Conor Cruise O'Brien was born on 3 November 1917 in Dublin, Ireland. He was married to Christine Foster and Maire MacEnte. He died on 18 December 2008 in Howth, Dublin, Ireland.
Yes, I am pro-British. I am also pro-French and pro-American. I am even pro-Russian in that I am pro the Russian people. But I am more pro-Irish than I am any of these things. Ireland is my country, and I am just as Irish as any bloody IRA man.