1961-62 Bartley O'Malley (No 9)

Bartholomew O'Malley (1885 - 1977) was born in Kinvara, Co Galway, the son of Charles O'Malley and Eilizabeth Kavanagh, who came from the Burren in Co. Clare. The family moved from Kinvara to Claremorris and later to Dunmore in the the late 1880s, where Bartley was educated at the National School. He was a well-known cyclist and won a Connacht championship. With his twin brother Willie O'Malley, he set up a bicycle shop in Dunmore and later went into the motor car business. Married to Mary Monica Fahy in 1918, he had nine children - Gerard, Tom, Bernard, Bartley, Fintan, Elizabeth, Mary Frances, Josephine and Grace. A regular supporter of the Clan rallies, he was elected Chieftain No 9 of the O'Malley Clan in 1961.