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TS-EMOG-0147
Record Date:
19 May 2015
Graveyard:
Exact wording of epitaph:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JAMES O’MEARA,
BALLYHONE,
DIED FEB 1 1967,
AGED 66 YEARS
AND HIS WIFE,
CHRISTINA, NEE McENIRY,
DIED NOV 1 1979,
AGED 60 YEARS.
HIS BROTHERS, VOL. JOHN (JASSIE),
KILLED IN ACTION, WAR OF INDEPENDENCE,
JUNE 21 1921, AGED 24 YRS.
VERY REV. WILLIAM O’MEARA,
DIED NOV 17 1977, AGED 76 YRS,
INTERRED IN PAEROA, NEW ZEALAND
R.I.P.
AND HIS SISTERS, MARY (MOLLY) HARTIGAN,
DIED JAN 29 1973, AGED 73 YRS,
( INTERRED IN WEXFORD ).
ELLIE MAY DIED NOV 8 1978, AGED 84 YEARS.
ALSO, THEIR PARENTS, JOHN DIED 1915, AGED 60.
CATHERINE O’MEARA DIED 1951, AGED 93.
Memorial Type:
Headstone
Number of people commemorated:
8
People commemorated:
Name:
James
Surname:
O'Meara
Date of birth - year:
1901
Date of death - day:
1
Date of death - month:
February
Date of death - year:
1967
Age:
66
Address:
Ballyhone
Name:
Christina
Surname:
O'Meara
Date of birth - year:
1919
Date of death - day:
1
Date of death - month:
November
Date of death - year:
1979
Age:
60
Relationship with first person:
Wife
Name:
John ( Jassie )
Surname:
O'Meara
Date of birth - year:
1897
Date of death - day:
21
Date of death - month:
June
Date of death - year:
1921
Age:
24
Relationship with first person:
Brother
Title:
Reverend
Name:
William
Surname:
O'Meara
Date of birth - year:
1901
Date of death - day:
17
Date of death - month:
November
Date of death - year:
1977
Age:
76
Address:
Paeroa, New Zealand.
Relationship with first person:
Brother
Name:
Mary ( Molly )
Surname:
Hartigan
Date of birth - year:
1900
Date of death - day:
29
Date of death - month:
January
Date of death - year:
1973
Age:
73
Address:
Wexford.
Relationship with first person:
Sister
Name:
Ellie May
Surname:
O'Meara
Date of birth - year:
1894
Date of death - day:
8
Date of death - month:
November
Date of death - year:
1978
Age:
84
Relationship with first person:
Sister
Name:
John
Surname:
O'Meara
Date of birth - year:
1855
Date of death - year:
1915
Age:
60
Relationship with first person:
Father
Name:
Catherine
Surname:
O'Meara
Date of birth - year:
1858
Date of death - year:
1951
Age:
93
Relationship with first person:
Mother
Notes:
See Mara / O'Meara family memorials 0143 to 0147 inclusive & memorial 0413.
Ballyhone, Emly.
NB.John O’Meara (1855-1915), son of John O’Meara (abt 1808-1867) & Ellen McGrath (abt 1819-1876) of Ballinaveen, Emly, married Catherine O’Rourke (1858-1951), daughter of James O’Rourke (abt 1809-1903) & Ellen Kennedy (abt 1825-1911) of Ballinrea, Bruff, Co. Limerick in Bruff R.C on the 26-2-1895.
Children born to John O'Meara & Catherine O'Rourke at Ballyhone, Emly were Ellen Mary O'Meara 1895-1978, John (Jassie) 1896-1921, Mary (Molly) 1899-1973, James (Jimmy) 1900-1967 & William (Bill) 1901-1977
John (Jassie) O’Meara was born on the 03-12-1896,. He was an I.R.A. volunteer during the War of Independence. He was captured in September 1920 and imprisoned in Kilkenny for six months. On his release, he resumed duty as a Section Commander of Emly Company.
On the 21-6-1921, he was crossing a field on the railway road in Emly, opposite what was then Lonergan’s public house. He was spotted in a mirror in the pub by two Black and Tans, named Jamfreys & Williams and they ran out of the pub and shot him dead. Christy Fitzgerald, of Ballyvistea, who was with him at the time, knelt down to say a prayer, having also been wounded in the incident.
William (Bill) O’Meara was born on the 17-12-1901 and was ordained a priest in Genoa, Italy in 1927. He ministered in New Zealand and was a good friend to the Maori people. He died in Paeroa, NZ on the 17-11-1977 and was interred there.
James (Jimmy) O'Meara 1900-1967, was born on the 23-11-1900. He married Christina McEniry (1919-1979), a daughter of John McEniry (1877-1951) & Annie Fitzpatrick (1890-1969) of memorial number 0413 in Emly RC on the 15-04-1942.
Mary (Molly) O'Meara 1899-1973, was born on the 19-12-1899. She married Garda John Hartigan (1899-1974), son of Thomas Hartigan & Mary Ryan of Ballybricken, Co. Limerick in Emly RC on the 29-01-1930. Molly was living at Folly Villa , Wexford Town at the time of her death.
Her family included Thomas Hartigan 1931-2013 (Wexford), Maureen 1932-2004 (Wexford), Kathleen Valentine 1933-2020 (Wexford), John (Sean) 1934-2018 (Clontarf), Bill 1936-2002 (Wexford), Jim 1938- 2009 (Wexford), Eileen 1940- , Nora 1941 - & Ann 1944-2015 (Wexford).
Kathleen Valentine Murphy, nee Hartigan 1933-2020, died at Poulsac, Ballyboggan Lower, Castlebridge, Co. Wexford on the 27-08-2020. At the time of her death, she was predeceased by her husband Sean Murphy and survived by her son John Murphy, daughters Marie Annette & Breda and by her sisters Eileen & Nora.
NB. Christopher (Christy) Fitzgerald (1895-1969) who was with John (Jassie) O'Meara (1896-1921) at the time of his death, was born at Ballyvistea, Emly, Co. Tipperary on the 09-06-1895 to parents Denis Fitzgerald (1850-1916) & Elizabeth (Lizzie) Birrane.
Christy emigrated to the USA in Oct 1925 and married Norah Mullarkey (1909-1974), a native of Clonkeen, Co. Galway in New Jersey in 1935. They had two sons, Michael Joseph Fitzgerald, born Buffalo, Erie, New York 14-06-1935 and died in Weston, Broward, Florida 09-06-2018 and Christopher John Fitzgerald , born Buffalo also 15-12-1937 and died Toms River, Ocean, NJ 04-12-2017.
Christy Fitzgerald (1895-1969) died in Buffalo, Erie, NY on the 25-06-1969.
NB. On Sunday June 20th 2021, a centenary commemoration of John (Jassie) O' Meara's death took place at the monument to him in Coolboy, Emly . His grand-niece Rosemary Hartigan (of Wexford) gave a speech and John Hartigan (of Wexford) and Tadgh O'Meara (of Chantersland, Emly) planted a cherry blossom tree in remembrance of him. This event took place during Covid-19 restrictions.
