Phons O'Mara

Alphonsus M. ("Phons") O'Mara (13 October 1887[1] – 16 February 1958) was a businessman and Irish republican Mayor of Limerick 1918-20.[2] 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, 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]

Alphonsus "Phons" M. O'Mara
Born13 October 1887
Died16 February 1958
NationalityIrish
OccupationBusinessman
Known forformer chairman of Mayor of Limerick

References
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  2. "Provosts, Mayors, Bailiffs, Sheriffs & Recipients of the Honorary Freedom of Limerick City" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. "Stephen O'Mara". humphrysfamilytree.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
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  5. "The General Strike 1919" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-06-24.
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