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The First Dail

• References:
  • Among those present .. (article on 50th anniversary of First Dail), Ita Mallon, Irish Independent, Tue 21st Jan 1969.

• First Dail
  • Members of the First Dail included:
    • James O'Mara
    • W.T. Cosgrave

Members of the First Dail.
Photo is not at the first meeting in Jan 1919, but rather at a later meeting on 10 Apr 1919.
James O'Mara is 4th from RHS at back.
Front row includes a line of Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha, Arthur Griffith, Eamon de Valera, Count Plunkett, Eoin MacNeill, W.T. Cosgrave.
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Stolen: Our family had the above photo of the First Dail, a copy made at the time for James O'Mara. This was stolen in a burglary at Kingswood, Clondalkin, Wed afternoon, 29 Dec 1993 (our family no longer live there). Contact me if you have any information about this.

James O'Mara.
Detail of the above.

Dated copy at Doagh Famine Village, Co.Donegal.
From here.
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Coloured version of the above.
From University of Otago, New Zealand.

"Seamus O'Meadhra" (James O'Mara).
From poster of members of First Dail made by Michael Finneran in 2009.
See full size.
From Irish Election Literature.