Background
O’Hara was born on September 6, 1843 into an ecclesiastical family: his father was for many years Rector of Coleraine, a post he himself was to hold from 1869 to 1894.
O’Hara was born on September 6, 1843 into an ecclesiastical family: his father was for many years Rector of Coleraine, a post he himself was to hold from 1869 to 1894.
Trinity College.
Educated at Leicester Collegiate School and Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1867. While based in Coleraine, he was from 1884 to 1898 Chancellor of Connor Cathedral. In 1894 he was appointed Vicar of Belfast, from 1897 he was also a Canon of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and in 1899 he became the first dean) of Belfast.
He died on December 11, 1923.