WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2019 AT 6PM

IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART · 16 September 2019 AT 6PM 42 Seán Keating PPRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) PORTRAIT OF REV. FR. PATRICK O’MARA S.J. (1875-1969) charcoal and pastel on buff coloured paper signed lower right 20 by 17.50in. (50.8 by 44.5cm) Provenance: Whyte’s, 30 May 2011, lot 31; Private collection Reverend Patrick O’Mara S.J. was born in Limerick in 1875, the son of Stephen O’Mara, Mayor of Limerick from 1921 to 1923. After being educated at C.B.S. Limerick and Clongowes Wood College he entered the Jesuit novitiate of St. Stanislaus College, Tullamore and was ordained in 1908. During the First WorldWar he followed in the footsteps of many Jesuits and served with the Army Chaplaincy Department on the Western Front. For his gallantry during the German Spring Offensive of 1918 he was awarded the Military Order of Christ by the Portuguese government for the bravery he showed burying bodies under heavy fire. At the end of the war he returned to Ireland where he worked on missions throughout the country until 1927 when he was appointed as a priest to St. Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin. He stayed here until his death on 23 March 1969. Father O’Mara is buried in the Jesuit plot of Glasnevin Cemetery Dublin alongside other famous Jesuits such as Titanic photographer Father Francis Browne. €1200-€1800 (£1,090-£1,640 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 42