Clann
Seaáin Ó hEagra (O'Hara)
at war with Mac William
(1411-1420)
an
event
is recorded in: «A Chronology of Irish History to
1976»,
published as vol. VIII of a
«A New History of Irelandr», 1982.
"Yorktown,
Virginia October 19, 1781 - Cornwallis' Sword is Delivered to American
Forces"
"...
Charles
Lord Cornwallis today signed orders surrendering his British Army to a
combined French and American force outside the Virginia tobacco port of
Yorktown. Cornwallis' second-in-command, Charles O'Hara,
attempted to
deliver Cornwallis's sword to French general, Comte de Rochambeau. But
Rochambeau directed O'Hara to American General George Washington, who
coolly steered the British officer to Washington's own second in
command, Major General Benjamin Lincoln
..." Source
& Link: Liberty
- The
American
Revolution
(Copyright© 2004 Twin Cities Public Television).
ingenious businessman, Revolutionary soldier, and Quartermaster General, was one of the staff officers who assisted General Anthony Wayne in winning the first major victory over the enemies of the struggling American republic in the uncertain days following the Revolution. Source & Link: QM Web - Quartermaster Museum - Quartermaster Foundation - Quartermaster Generals 1775 to Present.
Charles
O'Hara Esq. (1715-1776),
Member of the Irish House of Commons
as
listed in: «Review of the House of Commons»,
first published in the « Freeman's Journal» (1774),
edited and
republished by James Kelly in
«Eighteenth-Century Ireland - Iris an dá
chultúr», 2004.
The
O'Haras in the British «Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography»
includes
Charles
O'Hara (died
1724), first Baron Tyrawley, Charles O'Hara (c.
1740-1802), army officer and
colonial governor, James
O'Hara (1681/2-1773),
second
Baron Tyrawley and Baron Kilmaine, Kane
O'Hara (1711/12-1782),
playwright, and the novelists John Banim [pseud. Abel
O'Hara] (1798-1842), and
Michael Banim [pseud.
Barnes O'Hara]
(1796-1874).
One
Hundred Renowned O'Haras
This
page presents lists of the most renowned O'Haras, from the seventeenth
to the twentieth centuries, derived from national biographical
reference works. Almost 100 individuals are listed and links to known
web sites are provided.
"Historical"
messages in the "Messages" database
This
page presents messages on historical topics posted at this site.
The
«Census of Ireland, 1911» at the
«National Archives of Ireland»
The 1911 census was taken on 2 April 1911; 194 indiduals named o'Hara were living in Dublin on that day.