John Francis O'Mahony (1815 - 1877)

Born 12 Jan 1815 in Clonkilla, County Cork, Ireland [uncertain]

Died 7 Feb 1877 at age 62 in New York, New York, United States

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John O'Mahony is Notable.

John O'Mahony was born in Ireland.

Colonel John O'Mahony served in the United States Civil War.
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Regiment(s): 69th and 99th Regiment of New York State Militia

John Francis O'Mahony born on 12 January 1815, at Clonkilla, co. Cork, the son of Daniel O'Mahony and his wife. The family was one of minor Roman Catholic gentry, reputedly in long-standing conflict with the neighbouring magnates of Mitchelstown Castle... ^{[1] [2]}

John grew up at Loughananna, Kilbeheny parish, Co. Limerick, and was educated at the Hamblin classical school in Cork. ^[3]

His father and his grandfather were members of the United Irishmen and took part in the failed 1798 Rebellion. He defied the ban of the Catholic Church and studied Sanskrit, Hebrew and Irish at Trinity College Dublin, though he did not take a degree. While at Trinity he was an accomplished Gaelic scholar and taught Greek and Latin.^[4]

In 1853 O’Mahony made his way to New York where he founded the Emmett Monument Association, linking up with Michael Doheny and others from the Young Ireland Movement. In New York he went on to found the Fenian Brotherhood. ^[5]

At the onset of the U.S. Civil War, O'Mahony held the rank of Colonel in the 99th New York Militia. ^{[6] [7]}

He passed away on February 7, 1877 in New York City. He remains were returned to Ireland for burial in the Fenian/Republican plot in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-20751;jsessionid=EFE3D85D0451092CB7971EB5581123B1
2. ↑ https://www.libraryireland.com/biography/JohnOMahony.php
3. ↑ John O'Mahony, by Maureen Murphy and James Quinn https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a6878
4. ↑ https://stairnaheireann.net/2021/02/07/otd-in-1877-death-of-gaelic-scholar-john-omahony-founding-member-of-the-fenian-brotherhood-in-the-united-states-sister-organisation-to-the-irish-republican-brotherhood-4/
5. ↑ https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news/roundup/articles/2017/03/01/4135822-remembering-the-fenian-rising-in-tipperary/
6. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS88-PZL : 4 December 2014), John O'Mahony, Colonel, Company F&S, 99th Regiment, New York National Guard (100 days, 1864), Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M551 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 106; FHL microfilm 882,162.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} http://feniangraves.net/O%27Mahony,%20John/O%27Mahony,%20J.htm

See also:

• http://www.fenians.org/fenianbrotherhood.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O%27Mahony