Stephen O'Mara papers (P40)
O'Mara papers
in
[UL Archives].
Collection
IE 2135 P40.
See
catalogue.
Also
here.
Scans of images
The
front of Strand House.
From P40/910.
Priority ones to look at
Have merely done a rough first pass through catalogue.
(todo) Proper pass through catalogue.
Some priority ones to look at:
- P40/11 Family letters 1904-1916
- P40/12 Family letters 1926-1942
- P40/62 to 72. Items from 1942 to 1956. "Closed". Review at various dates 2026 to 2040.
- P40/175 and P40/185.
1939 Press cuttings relating to the centenary celebrations
of O'Mara Limited.
- P40/181. 1967 Press cutting relating to
the closing down of Donnelly's bacon curing firm
in Dublin.
- P40/189. June 1910. Press cutting relating to the history and origin of
the O'Mara clan.
- P40/191. Handwritten genealogical note relating to the family
of James O'Mara and Hanora Foley.
- P40/234 [c. 1905-1907]. Address book kept by
Stephen O'Mara senior.
- P40/238. 1920-1927. Account book containing a list of furniture
and property at the house "Toomevara".
- P40/287 - 1863 envelope
- P40/288. May-June 1886. Letters from Stephen O'Mara Senior to his wife
Ellen during his absence in London to
attend the Home Rule debate.
- P40/294 [c.1890s to 1927].
Letters from Stephen junior to his sister Mary Rynne.
- P40/295 [1910-1921].
Letters to Mary Rynne from her parents.
- P40 325 to 340 - Strand House and Ivy Bank House
- P40/519 to 522. Adoption of Peter.
- P40/532. Letters from Mary Rynne to Stephen junior.
- P40/537 to 546. 1946 to 1956.
Care of Joseph O'Mara's widow Adelaide and daughter Maureen.
Some closed.
- P40/615 [c. 1930s-1940s?].
Typed copies of items, including:
- The Way to the West (part two),
a short story by Alice Cashel.
- Current Affairs, a short memoir by M. A. O'Mara.
- P40/654. 1926 and 1962. Letters from Fr. Paddy,
including discussing the early
life of his uncle Joseph.
- P40/909 again