Nell O'Mara's wedding, 1910, Strand House, Limerick.
Left to Right: Nell O'Mara, Norrie O'Mara, their mother Ellen Pigott (died Oct 1910), Mary O'Mara, sister-in-law Agnes Cashel.
At front: Kat O'Mara.
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--- Sullivan,
Jim Sullivan,
educ Yale Law School 1903, Class Orator,
mar 1910 to Nell O'Mara
[born 6th June 1882],
he is listed as living NY state at time of appointment 1913,
he was appointed
Aug 12, 1913
as
U.S. Minister to the
Dominican Republic,
which occupies
the E half of the island of
Hispaniola
(W half is Haiti),
W Indies,
he is sometimes described as
"Minister to Santo Domingo", the capital
(the oldest European city in the Americas),
see
State Dept list
(and here
and here),
he is listed as "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary"
(plenipotentiary,
diplomatic envoy, representative,
invested with full powers of independent action),
"Non-career appointee",
there was
fighting between insurgents and the native government 1914,
US sent warships
to patrol the island 1914
[DANFS],
he was on
3-man US commission to mediate a peace, Aug 1914,
"Both sides ultimately accepted the American suggestions which provided for the establishment
of a constitutional government
and the institution of elections under United States "observation"."
[DANFS],
he left post, Jun 20, 1915,
US finally occupied the country 1916,
he settled in Ireland,
in Mar 1916 (NOT 1915)
[Barton, 2004],
[Felter and Schultz, 2004]
he established the
Film Company of Ireland,
"the first indigenous Irish film company",
he was one of the pioneer film-makers in Ireland,
the most important Irish film production company of the silent era,
it had no permanent studio,
movies were made on location or in foreign studios,
actors were Abbey Theatre
people and independent actors,
they aimed to make films to aid the nationalist cause,
James J. Walsh
was a director of the company,
headquartered on Sackville Street;
the offices, along with 3 early short Irish theme films,
were lost in Apr 1916 rising,
he fought with the rebels in the 1916 Rising:
he was living 43 Pembroke Rd,
Dublin, at time of 1916 rising,
near The O'Rahilly
and the Humphreys',
listed there in
[Thom's, 1917],
pro-Sinn Fein, he went out on first day of
Easter Rising, 24th Apr 1916,
he was jailed after the rising,
was in Arbour Hill prison,
was in Kilmainham with
Dick Humphreys,
Pat Lavelle said:
"My brother in law Dick Humphreys
told me that Uncle Jim Sullivan was the life and soul of the prisoners
up at Kilmainham gaol.
Dick knew because he was one of them. He said that they were all feeling very gloomy,
most of them sentenced to death or likely to be,
and that Uncle Jim came in on them like a fresh breeze with his hearty laughter and his big voice
and American wisecracks
and without a tremor of fear; for who could touch an American citizen if all came to all",
apparently he was under threat of execution
"but not executed due to his American diplomatic passport",
in fact, he would not have been executed anyway;
many rebels were under threat of execution,
but only 15 actually were executed,
Nell's niece Eithne O'Mara
stayed with her at the time of the rising,
when Nell's husband was in jail
along with Eithne's future husband Dick Humphreys,
Film Company of Ireland moved office (must be later in 1916) to 34 Dame St, Dublin, 1st floor,
listed there (as "Irish Film Company") in
[Thom's, 1917],
see
Films of James Mark Sullivan, 1916-20,
Jim is still described as of 43 Pembroke Rd in Feb 1919
[CO 904],
he was then in America,
and had trouble getting a visa from London to get back into Ireland,
he was in America when Donal died 1919, and took the first boat back,
only to see his wife die,
Nell died 17th May 1919 (NOT 19th, NOT 1918),
Strand House,
Limerick, age 36 yrs
[GROI],
supposed to have died in
Flu Epidemic of 1918-9,
but [GROI] says she died
of "enteric fever" (typhoid),
apparently she got it from Donal,
W.T. Cosgrave
was at her funeral,
Jim was left to raise family on his own,
took them back to US 1920,
eventually settled in Florida,
he died 1933, age 60 yrs,
bur
Glasnevin Cemetery,
Dublin,
see obituary
in
"Yale University Obituary Record",
see brief biography,
had issue:
Nell O'Mara's wedding, 1910, Strand House, Limerick.
Left to Right: Nell O'Mara,
Norrie O'Mara,
their mother Ellen Pigott (died Oct 1910),
Mary O'Mara,
sister-in-law Agnes Cashel.
At front: Kat O'Mara.
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Nell O'Mara's wedding, 1910, Strand House, Limerick.
The 2 parents and the 9 children.
Back (Left to Right):
Stephen, Fr.Paddy, Nell, Norrie,
Stephen O'Mara, Mary,
Joe, James,
Middle:
Ellen Pigott.
Front:
Phons, Kat.
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