Individual Details
Laurence O'HARA
(Abt 24 Sep 1860 - 12 Jan 1928)
The O'Hara family is twice connected to another family being researched, i.e., the Gordon family of Kilgarriff, Fairymount, Co. Roscommon. Laurence married Bridget Gordon; and Mary Morahan, a niece of Laurence's, married Bridget's younger brother, Cormac.
It is believed that Laurence spent a number of years in Colorado as a young man.
Laurence died of heart failure at St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin.
In 1914 a Laurence O'Hara, a farmer and rate collector from Clegna, was charged with the murder of a Patrick Farry of Moigh, Co. Roscommon. Mr. Farry was a member of the Carrick-on-Shannon District Council and chairman of the Knockvicar Creamery Society, of which Mr. O'Hara had been secretary at one time. It seems that on the evening of 26 November 1914 Mr. Farry received a beating from Mr. O'Hara over £10 or £12 which Mr. O'Hara said Mr. Farry owed him from the time he was secretary of the Creamery Society (a dispute which apparently had already been dealt with in the Dublin courts). Mr. Farry lost consciousness as a result of the beating and woke up in the early hours of the following morning covered in blood. He died three weeks later, on 18 December, and Mr. O'Hara was charged with murder. It was subsequently determined by a panel of medical professionals that Mr. Farry's death was due to pulmonary tuberculosis and was not related to the beating. Mr. O'Hara was thereby acquitted. Could this Laurence O'Hara have been our Laurence above?
Local historian Cyril Mattimoe, in his book 'North Roscommon: Its People and Past' [publ. 1992], tells us that this Laurence O'Hara who was was the rate collector received gunshot wounds to his leg and back when accosted by three men with blackened faces on his way to mass on 5 March 1883. Apparently the attack was related to Laurence's work, which sometimes involved the seizure of property for non-payment of rates. Laurence had received threatening letters and had been given a police escort but he decided to dispense with the escort on this particular day as he thought nobody would harm him on his way to mass. He recovered from his injuries but I have not been able to discover if the attackers were ever arrested.
It is believed that Laurence spent a number of years in Colorado as a young man.
Laurence died of heart failure at St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin.
In 1914 a Laurence O'Hara, a farmer and rate collector from Clegna, was charged with the murder of a Patrick Farry of Moigh, Co. Roscommon. Mr. Farry was a member of the Carrick-on-Shannon District Council and chairman of the Knockvicar Creamery Society, of which Mr. O'Hara had been secretary at one time. It seems that on the evening of 26 November 1914 Mr. Farry received a beating from Mr. O'Hara over £10 or £12 which Mr. O'Hara said Mr. Farry owed him from the time he was secretary of the Creamery Society (a dispute which apparently had already been dealt with in the Dublin courts). Mr. Farry lost consciousness as a result of the beating and woke up in the early hours of the following morning covered in blood. He died three weeks later, on 18 December, and Mr. O'Hara was charged with murder. It was subsequently determined by a panel of medical professionals that Mr. Farry's death was due to pulmonary tuberculosis and was not related to the beating. Mr. O'Hara was thereby acquitted. Could this Laurence O'Hara have been our Laurence above?
Local historian Cyril Mattimoe, in his book 'North Roscommon: Its People and Past' [publ. 1992], tells us that this Laurence O'Hara who was was the rate collector received gunshot wounds to his leg and back when accosted by three men with blackened faces on his way to mass on 5 March 1883. Apparently the attack was related to Laurence's work, which sometimes involved the seizure of property for non-payment of rates. Laurence had received threatening letters and had been given a police escort but he decided to dispense with the escort on this particular day as he thought nobody would harm him on his way to mass. He recovered from his injuries but I have not been able to discover if the attackers were ever arrested.
Events
| Birth | Abt 24 Sep 1860 | Cootehall, Co. Roscommon | |||
| Christen | 26 Sep 1860 | ||||
| Marriage | 18 Jul 1886 | Fairymount Church - Bridget (Bea) GORDON | |||
| Death | 12 Jan 1928 | Dublin | |||
| Burial | 14 Jan 1928 | Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin (grave OH 71.5 St. Bridget's) |
Families
| Spouse | Bridget (Bea) GORDON (1859 - 1949) |
| Child | John Gordon O'HARA (1887 - 1908) |
| Child | Evelyn (Eva) Mary O'HARA (1889 - 1954) |
| Child | Florence Mary (Sr. Margaret) O'HARA (1891 - 1968) |
| Child | Joseph O'HARA (1892 - 1893) |
| Child | Josephine (Sr. Austin Camillus) O'HARA (1893 - 1983) |
| Child | Bridget (Bertha) O'HARA (1896 - 1948) |
| Child | Mary Catherine (Kathleen) O'HARA (1900 - 1984) |
| Child | Laurence O'HARA (1905 - 1905) |
| Child | Matilda (Maud) Mary O'HARA (1906 - 1976) |
| Father | Laurence O'HARA (1815 - 1885) |
| Mother | Eleanor (Ellen) MEEHAN (1818 - 1902) |
| Sibling | William O'HARA (1845 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Patrick O'HARA (1847 - ) |
| Sibling | Eleanor (Ellen) O'HARA (1849 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Margaret O'HARA (1851 - 1940) |
| Sibling | John O'HARA (1852 - ) |
| Sibling | Bridget O'HARA (1854 - ) |
| Sibling | Laurence O'HARA (1856 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth O'HARA (1856 - ) |
| Sibling | Charles O'HARA (1859 - ) |