The Very Rev. Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan, priest and poet, John O'Brien was the nom de plume of Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1878-1952), born in Yass, New South Wales on 13 October 1878. He was a Roman Catholic priest in the Goulburn diocese and later parish priest at Narrandera -- also rural towns in New South Wales; and Inspector of Catholic Schools in the Goulburn district
Around the boree log and other verses, 1942 t.p. (John O'Brien)
Mecham, F. "John O?Brien" and the boree log, 1981 t.p. ("John O?Brien") jkt. (Father Patrick Hartigan)