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Fr. Paddy O'Mara papers (J/552)

Papers of my great-granduncle Fr. Paddy O'Mara at the Irish Jesuit Archives [IJA].
I list and photograph some papers of relevance to the family tree. With permission of [IJA].
There are many more papers not highlighted here.

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• Images of IJA papers used in site.

Fr.Paddy and his sister Mary, 1895.
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IJA J/552

• IJA J. Irish Jesuits.
• IJA J/552 (and here). Personal file of Fr Patrick O'Mara.

• 552/4. Appreciation of Fr.Paddy's wartime service issued by Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, 1 March 1919.

• 552/5 to 552/49. Photo collection.
  • 552/8. Bad photo of O'Mara family gathering, door of Hartstonge House, 1905.
  • 552/9. Photo of Fr.Paddy's mother Ellen Pigott.
  • 552/14. Photo of Irish students at Valkenburg entitled "Irish Colony" 1898.
  • 552/41. Photo of Fr.Paddy as teacher with school class, Xavier College, Melbourne. And another photo with school class.
  • 552/47. 1918 postcard from Lourdes. See front. See back.
  • 552/48. Photo of Fr.Paddy as teacher with school class.

• 552/52. Documents relating to the birth, education and teaching of Fr.Paddy.
  • Paddy's bapt cert.

• 552/54. Photo of the portrait of Fr. Paddy by Sean Keating.

• 552/57. Letters from Mary O'Mara to her brother Fr. Paddy, 1897 to 1898.
  • Letter of 10 March 1897 describes Michael Rynne.

• 552/58. Letters from his mother to Paddy, 1898 to 1904. (Paddy was in Australia 1898 to 1905.)
  • Letter of 3 Sept 1898. Describes Mary's wedding. Must be 3 Sept not 3 Aug because they married on 1 Sept. Unless mar cert is wrong. (todo) Confirm date from newspapers.
  • Letter of 25 Apr 1899. Reports death of his grandfather James.
  • Letter of 18 Dec 1900. And p.2. Discusses Moll Cusack.
  • Letter of 29 Oct 1902. Dr. Foley has proposed to Norrie.
  • Letter of 5 Nov 1902. See p.1 and p.2 and p.3 and p.4. Norrie is not sure about Dr. Foley.
  • Letter of 20 Jan 1904.

  • 552/58 also includes a page of notes by Fr.Paddy for an O'Mara family tree. Made after 1924 (since Joey O'Mara is S.J.). See close-up of fold and other fold.

• 552/59. Letters from the younger Stephen O'Mara in Iowa to his brother Fr. Paddy, 1904.
  • Letter of 9 Feb 1904 (and p.2).
  • Letter of 5 June 1904 (and p.2). Shows Fr. Paddy is still in Australia.

• 552/61. Military Order of Christ awarded 1920 to Fr.Paddy by Portuguese Government.
  • See medal and certificate.
  • It is awarded "por decreto de vinte e seis de Abril de mil novecentos e dezenove" (by decree of the twenty-sixth of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen). But the actual award is 3 Apr 1920.

• 552/68. Letters of 1953 relating to Maureen O'Mara, Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island, New York.
  • Letter of shortly after 23 Nov 1953.
  • Letter of 24 Dec 1953.

• 552/70. Letter of 1954 from Patricia Lavelle about research for her forthcoming book about her father.
• 552/71. Poem by Frank Gallagher, 1961, dedicated to Stephen O'Mara, who died 11 November 1959.

• 552/72. Photographs of William Pigott and family.
  • William Pigott and his wife Marguerite. See photo. See back.
  • William Pigott's children and dau-in-law. See photo. See back.

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IJA/CHP/1/48

• IJA/CHP/1 (and here). Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War.
• IJA/CHP/1/48. File 48 - Letters and postcards to his superior, the Irish Jesuit Provincial Fr. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, from Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ written while serving as a chaplain.

Fr.Paddy O'Mara.
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Saint Francis Xavier Church, Upper Gardiner St, Dublin.
Fr.Paddy was here from 1928 until death 1969.
Photo 2010. See full size. From here.
See more images.
See street view.

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• Gardiner Street parish