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Joseph O'Mara, the opera singer (memorials)

Memorials to Joseph O'Mara, the opera singer (born 1864, died 1927).

Grave, Glasnevin Cemetery (1927)

Joseph O'Mara grave, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
Location: uA 19. Go in gate, turn right, down to near end, at the open green turn down path on LHS, grave is on RHS, near the gravestone with the strange hole in it.

Street view of grave location. Click to rotate.
In this view from the path (the back) the Joseph O'Mara grave is 3rd to the LHS of the gravestone with the strange hole in it.
The inscription is on the other side to this view.
See wide shot and wide shot from other side.

Grave of Joseph O'Mara, the opera singer, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
Photo 2013. See full size.

Close-up.
Photo 2013. See full size.
On the grave is written a verse from Psalm 13 referring to Joseph's singing:
"I will sing to the Lord who giveth me good things, yea, I will sing to the name of the Lord, the Most High".

Plaque on Hartstonge House (1967)

A plaque to Joseph O'Mara was erected on Hartstonge House, Limerick, on Thur 26 Oct 1967 (40 years after his death).
The original plaque has gone through changes.
The plaque says he lived here, but this may be wrong. It was his brother Stephen O'Mara's house. Maybe he just stayed with Stephen when he was in Ireland. (He was mostly based in London, and travelled constantly.)

References:
- "Art alone enduring stays", article on the unveiling of the plaque, Irish Independent, 30 Oct 1967.

The original plaque to Joseph O'Mara on Hartstonge House.
It has been replaced since.
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The unveiling of the plaque on Hartstonge House to Joseph O'Mara in 1967.
Left to Right: Nora O'Mara (now Cussen), Ted Russell (Mayor of Limerick), Eileen O'Mara (now Carton), Jack O'Mara, "Mrs. F. Condell".
From Limerick Leader, 28 Oct 1967.
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The plaque to Joseph O'Mara on Hartstonge House as at 2006.
His year of birth is wrong.
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2016 photo of Hartstonge House.
The plaque has been changed to show correct year of birth.
The balcony is the balcony that Joseph O'Mara apparently sang from, probably in 1908.
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2021 photo of plaque.
From here.