Robert O’Hara married Frances Taylor. They had 11 children, six sons and five daughters. Their third daughter, Anne, married James Hardiman Burke of St. Clerans, in 1817. James and Anne had seven children, one of whom was Robert O’Hara, the famous Australian explorer. One of his sisters, Anne Celestine, was known to be a beautiful woman with a kind heart. In 1820, a man called Anthony Daly was hanged on the hill at Seefin, overlooking St. Clerans. Daly, who maintained his innocence to his death, was reputed to be the leader of a band of local rebels, was accused of shooting one of the Burke family or the game keeper. On his request, Anne visited the condemned man before his death. Daly told Anne that he bore no rancour against her husband and asked that she look after his daughter, Mymie. The little girl was then cared for by the Burke family.