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Lavelle

• References:
  • Papers of Patricia Lavelle (née O'Mara).
  • Family history of Lavelle, McGough, O'Mara and Cashel, by John Lavelle.

  
(Left) Dick Lavelle in 1921. See full size.
(Right) Patricia O'Mara in 1920. See full size. See similar shot.

Anthony Lavelle,
of Dooagh, Achill Island, Co.Mayo,
mar Bridget Malley [or O'Malley],
she is listed in [Census, 1901], living as a widow in Slievemore, Dooagh (see map),
she is listed in [Census, 1911], living as a widow in Slievemore,
had issue:

John Lavelle,
see photo, born 24 September 1870, Dooagh,
mar 1893 to Delia McGough [see photo and photo, born 10th August 1868, Tuam, Co.Galway],
Delia was dau of Richard McGough and Mary Anne Joyner (see photo),
see entry in [Census, 1901], they are living Athenry, Co.Galway, he is listed as "land agent's assistant and insurance agent",
see entry in [Census, 1911], they are living 3 University Road, Galway, he is listed as "land agent's assistant",
he became auctioneer, Galway city,
see photo of family (Dick is standing, 2nd from LHS, with his parents),
he died 20th Oct 1932 [mass card], age 62 yrs,
she died 1950, age 82 yrs,
had issue:

1. Dick Lavelle,
   Dr. Richard Joseph Lavelle, born 29th Jan 1894, Tuam, Co.Galway,
   educ UCG (Medicine), met Pat when both at UCG,
   in War of Independence, Nov 1920, he met Dick McKee, Commandant of the Dublin Brigade IRA, McKee asked him if he knew anywhere a load of explosives could be hidden, Steen arranged that they could be hidden in stables of O'Mara house in Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, but a few days later McKee was arrested and shot without trial (21st Nov 1920) in the reprisals on Bloody Sunday,
   no one collected the explosives, and they survived a British search, they were not found until one morning Feb 1922, long after Pat's father returned from the US, he was furious,

   didn't get married until he got his first job 1924,
   mar 2nd Jan 1924 to Patricia O'Mara [Pat, born 23rd July 1898],
   his first job, 1924-26, dispensary doctor, Ballyhaise, Co.Cavan,
   from 1926 to 1934/35 he was doctor in Letterfrack, Connemara, Co.Galway,
   they lived Garraunbaun House, Connemara, Co.Galway (a fine Georgian-style house, 5 miles from Letterfrack),
   even after they left, they kept Garraunbaun House as a summer house, went back for years afterwards,
   from 1934/35 to 1942 he was doctor, living 5 Mt Pleasant Ave, Ballinasloe, E Co.Galway,

   from 1942 to c.1960 he was dispensary doctor, Ardnagreine (or Ardnagreina, or Ard na Greina), Castleknock, Co.Dublin, listed there in [Thom's, 1944], listed as "Medical Officer of Health",
   finally sold Garraunbaun House 1945,
   Pat researched her own family tree, her husband's, and even looked at her children's spouses, she made notes for a book on the whole family history, but never published, much of this material is included here,
   she wrote historical novel, Crumbling Castle, Clonmore and Reynolds, 1949, set in Cork starting with the Famine and ending with the Black and Tans,
   she deposited her papers in [NLI] 1957,
   living Castleknock as at mother's death 1958,
   living Castleknock as at 1960,
   they moved c.1960 to "Verona", Stillorgan Park Ave, Blackrock/Stillorgan, Co.Dublin, there as at 1961,
   she wrote biography of her father 1961, she wrote: "I am the story-teller; but I am also a daughter; and the living pulse of his vitality and humanity is bound to flood through these cold pages; for, though a soul may sleep in God, his memory is astir and waking in the hearts of his descendants",

   living "Verona" as at 1963,
   he died 5th May 1963, age 69 yrs, bur Glasnevin.
   she was living "Verona" as at 1965,
   she died Richmond Hospital, Dublin, 8th Apr 1966, age 67 yrs, bur Glasnevin,
   had issue:

   
   

   1. Ruaire Lavelle, mar Ena Kenny and had issue:
      1. John Lavelle, mar Ursula Barry and had issue:
         1. Ruaire Lavelle.
         2. Kevin Lavelle.
         3. Maeve Lavelle.
      2. Ena Lavelle, mar Dermot Dunnion.
      3. Ruth Lavelle, mar James Campbell and had issue:
         1. Katie Campbell.
         2. Fergus Campbell.

   2. Una Lavelle.

      
      

   3. Paddy Lavelle.

      
      

   4. Fr. James Lavelle.

   5. John Lavelle, mar Marie Keenan and had issue:
      1. John Lavelle.
      2. Caroline Lavelle.
      3. Anne Lavelle.

Pat, age 14, 1912. From this picture.

Pat when young. See full size.

Pat, from picture here.

Pat, 1920, think Cashel House.
See full size.

Pat, on her passport, stamped Mar 1920.
She went with her mother to America in Apr 1920 to see her father who was fund-raising there.
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Pat, portrait 1922 (age 24).
See full size and original and alternative shot.

Pat and Dick Lavelle, Cashel House, Aug 1924.
See larger and full size and other shot.

Pat and Dick Lavelle, Cashel House, 1924.
See larger and full size and other shot.

 

4 generations - Stephen O'Mara, James O'Mara, Pat Lavelle, Ruaire Lavelle, 1924.
See other scan.

4 generations - Mary Anne Joyner, Delia McGough, Dick Lavelle, Ruaire Lavelle, 1924.
See full size.
See version also including Pat.

Stephen O'Mara, Dick and Pat Lavelle, Ruaire.
Must be 1925.
See full size and original.

Dick, Pat and Una, 1927.

   
(Left) Dick Lavelle in later life.
(Right) Pat Lavelle in later life.
From mass cards.

Grave of Pat and Dick Lavelle, Glasnevin. Photo 2006. See full size.
Photo courtesy of Richard Humphreys.

5 Mt Pleasant Ave, Ballinasloe, Co.Galway.
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Ardnagreine, Castleknock, Co.Dublin.
See full size.

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Garraunbaun House, Connemara, Co.Galway

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1937 Lavelle wedding video

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