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Bernard O'Gara (died 1740) was an Irish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1723 to 1740.
He was selected to be the archbishop of the metropolitan see of Tuam on 14 December 1723, and was confirmed by papal brief on 23 December 1723. He received episcopal ordination at a place of refuge from Bishop Gabriel O'Kelly of Elphin on 24 May 1724. Archbishop O'Gara requested the Pallium, and the dispensing brief was issued in 1726.
He died in office in, or before, June 1740.
I am researching the Bells of Streamstown and Purranes. According to a marriage document of the seventeenth century, a Bell woman married an O’Gara ( spelt Gara ) from Bekan I think. This O’Gara gentleman was a descendant of the O’Gara’s of Moygara Castle. If this information is correct this couple were the parents of Archbishop Bernard O’Gara and his brother Archbishop. If anyone can shed light on this subject please email me