Ó Meadhra

Rev Patrick Woulfe
1923

Ó MEADHRA—IO Mary, O'Meara, O'Mara, Meara, Mara; 'descendant of Meadhair' (mirth); the name of a Dalcassian family who were chiefs of a district called Rosarguid, in the barony of Upper Ormond, Co. Tipperary. O'Meara had his seat at Toomyvara (Tuaim Uí Mheadhra). The family retained considerable property down to the revolution of 1690.

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