Short Fiction · Character
Colonel O'Mara
An ailing colonel whose youthful follies and family estate set the stage for a haunting that will reach his son and heir.
supporting
Also known as O'Mara, young O'Mara, Richard O'Mara, Richard
First appearance: a chapter in the history of a tyrone family
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Absent from the country due to declining health; shows unexpected tenderness toward Ellen Heathcote after his son's betrayal.
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Colonel O'Mara owns the estates around the old abbey, but his declining health keeps him and his lady away from the castle, leaving his son Richard and the ambiguous companion Edward Dwyer to their own devices. His past…
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- Other
Character groups
- Haunting family histories
- Ghost story narrators
- Diverse ghostly witnesses
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- The Bridal of Carrigvarah
- An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain
- III: The Priest’s Adventures in the Glen
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