Rev Dan O'Hare
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Daniel
Middle Names:
Patrick
Preferred Name:
Dan
Surname:
O'Hare
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Peterborough SA
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Dublin
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Adelaide SA
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Centennial Park, Adelaide SA
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Cathedral | 1926 | Priests of 1928 | ||||||
| Brisbane | Fortitude Valley | Administrator | 1933 | Dec | 1950 | Priests of 1928 |
Biographical Notes
Fr Denis W. Martin, Priests of 1928, Brisbane, 2003, pp 118-120:
Daniel O'Hare
It was always said that Archbishop Duhig accepted many 'outsiders' into the Archdiocese. Here is another example in Daniel Patrick O'Hare.
'D P' was born in Peterborough, South Australia, in 1885, went to Worcester in England to join the Passionists and was ordained in Dublin in 1911. During World War I he enlisted as a Chaplain, suffered a decline in health as a result, so consequently 'was dispensed from the severe discipline of the C P Order'. He arrived in Brisbane toward the end of 1926.
As was the pattern, he passed early scrutinization on the Cathedral staff before undertaking some relieving work. In 1933 and until 1950 he was administrator of St Patrick's in the Valley.
Perhaps it was his Passionist training, but he preached in an 'appealing' manner with one arm outstretched from the pulpit as if to command the attention of the congregation. The Blessed Eucharist and the Sacred Heart were his favourite topics.
He loved music and liturgy, was a great singer and did much to encourage the congregation to sing. The 10.00am Sunday Mass was nearly always a Missa Cantata or a High Mass and whenever possible he listened in to High Masses being broadcast by the ABC Radio. Soon after Fr Sidney McEwan's rendition of an Our Father became available on record, the Valley Choir was summoned to learn it.
[...] As a result of war injuries, he had a steel plate in his skull and this may have made him a little difficult to get on with at times yet he was remembered as a good and approachable priest.
Dan O'Hare and James Prout were good mates who socialised and played golf together. Fr O'Hare may have had a car but he walked around the parish. He kept a dog and a few turkeys in the presbytery yard. A great event on the calendar was St Patrick's Day. The parish concert was one that Archbishop Duhig always felt he had to attend.
Perhaps he knew the end was approaching, but Fr O'Hare said he was going to Adelaide on holidays.
He died there on 24th December 1950 and was buried in Adelaide after a Requiem Mass at St Francis Xavier Cathedral.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr Denis Martin.)