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Jim O'Mara
Jim O'Mara,
bapt Nov 1858, Limerick,
agent for O'Mara's in London,
mar Mysie McKenna [Maria, dau of Thomas McKenna of Waterford],
NOT the marriage of "James O'Meara" and Maria Maher in [St.John's, Limerick] 1877,
great supporter of Irish Parliamentary Party
in London,
[Pat Lavelle] says:
"Poor Douglas Pyne
was arm in arm with him at the time of Pyne's dramatic arrest on
the threshold of the House of Parliament",
this is
Jasper Douglas Pyne
[English landlord in Ireland who became sympathetic to the national cause,
became Irish Home Rule MP,
member of the Land League,
charged with incitement in Ireland, fled to England,
arrested outside the House of Commons 11th Feb 1888, jailed],
"Joe Biggar too
was one of his numerous friends"
[Joseph Biggar,
Home Rule MP who initiated the policy of
obstruction, died 1890],
Pat Lavelle
relates jokes he played on his older
brother Stephen
(who was a Parnellite MP in 1886):
Jim once got a box for the opera, said to Stephen
that he himself would be late
"but here is the number of the box and you can go right up to it",
Stephen did as suggested, dressed carefully, went to opera house, and sat in the box
with dignity,
"After some time Grand-Uncle Jim was ushered in and made
a frightful commotion and
exclaimed in loud tones "Who is this man? What is he doing here?""
and "continued to expostulate
and nearly got Grandfather thrown out of the theatre",
"Another time he pushed Grandfather
before him into a magnificent carriage and said to the coachman
"Drive home".
He stepped back onto the pavement as the carriage drove off with Grandfather
left alone in it to face the music",
as at July 1890
the business "Lalor and O'Mara"
was based at 45 Tooley St, London SE
(see map),
they have a telephone
(no. 4515),
at dau's birth 1891
they are listed as living 7 Lyndhurst Square, Camberwell, London
(see map),
he is
listed as "Trade Agent",
he died unexpectedly in Peckham,
London, Thur morning, 6th July 1893 [grave],
NOT 13th July,
age 34 yrs, of heart disease, "after a short illness",
see death notice in
[Limerick Chronicle, Sat 8th July],
remains brought to Limerick by train on Sat 8th July,
funeral at St.Michael's church, Limerick, Sun 9th July, NOT 16th July,
bur Mount St. Lawrence cemetery, Limerick,
see obituary in [United Irish Paper, Sat 15th July],
his nephew James then became O'Mara's agent in London,
Mysie died at her residence, 307 Camberwell New Road, London
(see map),
June-July 1898,
see [Limerick Chronicle, Tue 5th July 1898],
funeral Wed 6 July,
bur Durrow,
Co.Offaly,
left two orphaned children,
had issue:
- Daisy O'Mara, think Margaret,
orphaned in 1898,
went to her sister's wedding, Austria, 1914,
mar Dr. Bill O'Sullivan [William, Willie John, Billy] of William St, Limerick [no relation of O'Sullivan of Killarney],
Muffie de Courcy remembered him as very good looking, and a real charmer, fond of ladies,
he was a top Irish international amateur golfer, played in Irish Open (started in 1927),
he was not approved of by Strand House,
no issue,
he died pre-1964,
she went into nursing home in old age, died 1964.
-
Connie O'Mara,
Constance,
born Mary Constance, NOT Constance Mary,
born 8th Sept 1891, 97 Choumert Rd, Camberwell (see map), London [GRO.UK].
