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Patricia Lavelle papers

Papers of my grandaunt Patricia Lavelle.
These are copies made by me in the 1980s.
The originals have since been lost.
I am going to give them numbers beginning with "PAT", so I can refer to them elsewhere.

Usage in site

Images of Patricia Lavelle papers used in this site:

• O'Mara side
• Cashel side

Patricia O'Mara (later Lavelle).
Portrait 1922 (age 24).
See full size and original and alternative shot.

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Her father's (O'Mara) side

Family history

Surviving fragments of different writings with different page numbers.

PAT/1

The Family	Introduction to why she writes.
Limerick	Some thoughts about Limerick.
p.4	Origin of James O'Mara senior.
p.5	Early O'Mara and Foley and Casey.
p.6 p.7	James O'Mara senior's life.
p.8	Children of James O'Mara senior.
p.9 p.10	Jack O'Mara and Jim O'Mara.
p.11 p.12	Dr. Frank O'Mara.

PAT/2

p.21	Nell Ebrill.
p.22 p.23	Patrick Pigott and his dau Ellen Pigott.

PAT/3

p.4	McGough.
p.5	O'Meara of Toomevara.
p.6	Lavelle.

PAT/4

p.6	Cashel (legends).

PAT/5

p.16 p.17

O'Meara of Toomevara (legends).

PAT/6

Rice

de Courcey

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Family trees

PAT/7

no.1	Pigott. Kickham. Lavelle.
no.2	O'Mara.
no.3	O'Mara.
no.4	Lavelle.
no.5	McGough.
no.6	O'Meara. O'Mara.
no.7	O'Meara. Cashel.

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Her mother's (Cashel) side

Family history

PAT/10

p.2 p.3	Sullivan/Blennerhassett argument.
p.4 p.5 p.6 p.7	Irish history 1582-1603.

PAT/11

p.10	Blennerhassett.

PAT/12

p.14 p.15	Rowland Blennerhassett, Home Rule MP.
p.16 p.17 p.18 p.19	Falvey and Cashel and Lyons and Kickham.

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Family trees

PAT/13

no.1	Blennerhassett. Cashel. Sheahan.
no.2	Cashel. Kickham.
no.3	Cashel.
no.4	Kickham.
no.5	O'Mara.
no.6	Cashel.

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Letters

• PAT/14 - Letter from Thomas Blennerhassett of Gortatlea to Patricia Lavelle, 1965.
  • See p.1 and p.2.

• PAT/15 - Letter from Hilda Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy to Patricia Lavelle, 1965.
  • See p.1 and p.2.

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Jehan letters

Blennerhassett letters. Not part of Lavelle papers, but included here for comparison.

• PAT/20 - Letter from Thomas Blennerhassett of Gortatlea to Bill Jehan, 1969.
  • See p.1 and p.2.

• PAT/21 - Second letter, 1969.
  • See p.1 and p.2 and p.3.

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NLI papers

Typed undated family history notes by Patricia Lavelle found in Ms 21551.

• PAT/30 - "Mother's notes". How James and Agnes met.
• PAT/31 - "Uncle Paddy's notes". Nell Ebrill.
• PAT/32 - "Uncle Paddy's notes". O'Mara and Casey and Pigott.
• PAT/33 - "Great Uncle Joe". Extract from a book that mentions Joseph O'Mara the singer.
• PAT/34 - Stephen O'Mara's memory of the Famine and other stories.