Mia McNamara

Biography
Mia O’Hare (neé McNamara) (September 14th 1855-December 16th 1912) was the great-great grandmother of Mikey Kimmings.

History
Mia McNamara was born in Florida to Michael and Aofie McNamara, she is technically the fifth child born to them due to having two siblings that died in infancy.

She had a much closer relationship with her father than her older siblings Saoirse and Joseph were, she was taught Irish by her father and mother as a first language, she was later taught English aswell.

Her brother and sister died from starvation and malaria respectively when she was five and her father died when she was eight after being shot

Her mother was left alone with the 10-year old Mia after the deaths of her brother, sister and father.

She met Fionn O’Hare, an Clan na Gael member in 1876, when she was 21 and got married in the same year.

They had their first daughter, who was Mikey’s great grandmother, Caohmie (1878-1948).

Aofie died from septicaemia in 1884, aged 68, before the birth of her grandsons, Ailin in 1887 and Liam in 1888.

Appearance
As a little girl, she wore a red dress with a necklace.