Phons O'Mara
Irish politician (1887–1958)
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Alphonsus M. O'Mara (13 October 1887[1] – 16 February 1958) was a businessman and Irish republican Mayor of Limerick from 1918 to 1920.[2]
Born13 October 1887
Limerick, Ireland
Died16 February 1958 (aged 70)
Limerick, Ireland
Spouse
Monica Delany
(m. 1915)Alphonsus O'Mara | |
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| Mayor of Limerick | |
| In office 1918–1920 | |
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| Born | 13 October 1887 Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 16 February 1958 (aged 70) Limerick, Ireland |
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Monica Delany (m. 1915) |
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| Education | |
| Albert Agricultural College | |
| Occupation | Businessman |
O'Mara was a son of Stephen O'Mara, Snr, himself a former Mayor of Limerick and briefly an Irish Parliamentary Party MP.[3] Phons O'Mara was the brother of another mayor of Limerick, Stephen M. O'Mara.
In 1918 he stripped Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl of the freedom of the City because of Dunraven's support for conscription.[4] In 1919 he helped negotiate the end of the Limerick Soviet.[5] His business activity related to the family bacon business, and he became owner of Donnolly's bacon factory.[6]