joined Jesuits 1893,
studied Germany 1893-6,
taught in Melbourne, Australia 1896-1903, [Lavelle, 1961] describes him as "a Jesuit scholastic in Australia",
studied at Milltown Park, Dublin, 1903-7,
ordained Aug 1907, Milltown Park, Dublin [Lavelle, 1961] by Archbishop William Joseph Walsh,
Archbishop Walsh's Episcopal Lineage (tracing a bishop's consecrator, his consecrator, and so on) in turn can be traced back to Scipione Rebiba, appointed Bishop 1541,
Rebiba is in fact the "Y-chromosome Adam" of the modern Catholic church, the origin of over 90 percent of the modern Catholic hierarchy's Episcopal Lineages, including John Paul II and Benedict XVI,

worked on missions round Ireland 1907-16,
he is listed with address with Jesuits at Rathfarnham Castle in [Thom's, 1914] and [Thom's, 1917],
interrupted in WWI when he served as a British Army chaplain 1916-18, served in France,
during the final German offensive in France (Mar-July 1918) he was asked to bury many dead, the troops withdrew, firing became heavy, his ambulance staff withdrew, he stayed alone to bury the many bodies, including several Portuguese, the Germans took the area soon after he left,
for gallantry under German fire he was decorated by Portuguese government with the rank of Officer of the Military Order of Christ,
(todo) see British Army record,
worked on missions round Ireland 1918-27,
listed with Jesuits at Rathfarnham Castle in [Thom's, 1926],

settled in Dublin 1927,
he was a priest at St.Francis Xavier's church (also here and here and here), Upper Gardiner St, Dublin, from think 1927 until death 1969,
he is listed at St.Francis Xavier's, Gardiner St, in [Thom's] 1929 on,
he was known there as Fr. "Pom" O'Mara,
he married his niece Eithne to Dick Humphreys 1929,
conducted the popular "Public Holy Hour" at St.Francis Xavier's for many years,
author of 4 booklets on the Holy Hour, which sold widely,
he was in charge of Children of Mary Sodality at Sion Hill convent (and school), Blackrock, and Children of Mary Sodality at St.Francis Xavier's,
think he was also at Belvedere College,
[Muffie de Courcy] told a story about him: at the end of mass he would always ask the people to "say a prayer for my mother" (died 1910),
years later, attending a dying man, gave him last rites, asked him to "say a prayer for my mother"; after he left, the dying man turned to his wife and said: "Gosh, I thought Fr. O'Mara was going to ask me to bring a parcel to his mother",

he traced the family tree, apparently left work with Jesuits, (todo!) find it,
see article, think 1957 on his "Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee" (50th anniversary of ordination), hence must be 1957, though the age they give for him implies 1959, they also say anniversary is July 26th,
he was the oldest Jesuit in Ireland at his death,
died hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin, 23rd Mar 1969, age 94 yrs [GROI].

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