
Tomás O’Farrell
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Tomás O’Farrell was an Irish surveyor who worked on the Ordnance Survey project to map Ireland after the Great Famine, and he is the great-great-grandfather of author Maggie O’Farrell, who draws inspiration from his life and work in her novel 'Land'.
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Tomás O’Farrell was employed on the Ordnance Survey project to map Ireland after the Famine.
‘I turned down an OBE because I didn’t want British Empire as part of my name’ – The Irish TimesThe Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·
Ireland· 2026-05-31







